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Most Popular Baby Names by State, 2010

The following table lists the most popular baby names for boys and girls in the United States according to each state in 2010. /**/ StateGirl's NameBoy's…

crèche

(Encyclopedia) crèchecrèchekrĕsh, krāsh [key], representation of the Infant Jesus in the manger, usually surrounded by figures of Mary, Joseph, shepherds, animals, and the Wise Men; also called…

Afinogenov, Aleksandr Nikolayevich

(Encyclopedia) Afinogenov, Aleksandr NikolayevichAfinogenov, Aleksandr Nikolayevichəlyĭksänˈdər nyĭkəlīˈəvĭch əfēˌnəgyĕˈnəf [key], 1904–41, Russian playwright. In his early plays he wrote of labor…

Advent

(Encyclopedia) Advent [Lat.,=coming], season of the Christian ecclesiastical year preceding Christmas, lasting in the West from the Sunday nearest Nov. 30 (St. Andrew's Day) until Christmas Eve. In…

Clonmel

(Encyclopedia) Clonmel Clonmel klŏnmĕlˈ [key], town, administrative center of South Riding, Co. Tipperary, S…

Gordon, Ruth

(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Ruth, 1896–1985, American actress and playwright, b. Wollaston, Mass. From her debut as Nibs in Peter Pan (1915), Gordon's career encompassed broad stage and film experience.…

Home Video Library

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)Airplane! (1980)All About Eve (1950)Annie Hall (1977)Antonia's Line(1995)Apocalypse Now (1977)Bambi (1942)Ben-Hur (1959)Beauty and the Beast (1991)The Best…