Search
Search results
Displaying 271 - 280
Parker, Dorothy
(Encyclopedia) Parker, Dorothy (Dorothy Rothschild Parker), 1893–1967, American short-story and verse writer, b. West End, N.J. While serving as drama critic for Vanity Fair (1916–17) and book critic…Smoot, George Fitzgerald, 3d
(Encyclopedia) Smoot, George Fitzgerald, 3dSmoot, George Fitzgerald, 3dsm&oomacr;t [key], 1945–, American astrophysicist, b. Jacksonville, Fl., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1970.…Spillane, Mickey
(Encyclopedia) Spillane, Mickey (Frank Morrison Spillane), 1918–2006, American mystery writer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. After contributing stories to comic books and pulp magazines, Spillane wrote his first…Stanwyck, Barbara
(Encyclopedia) Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907–90, American stage, film, and television actress, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Ruby Stevens. She started as a chorus girl, was in the Ziegfeld Follies (1923–24) and…Wounded Knee
(Encyclopedia) Wounded Knee, creek, rising in SW S.Dak. and flowing NW to the White River; site of the last major battle of the Indian wars. The…Women's Suffrage: Special Handicaps and Hazards
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Invisible EnemyA New ImpulseSpecial Handicaps and HazardsNo reform of government can be written into law in America until it has run a…Anderson, Laurie
(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Laurie, 1947–, American performance artist, b. Chicago. Originally a sculptor, she was influenced by Philip Glass and other avant-garde composers in the early 1970s and soon…Emanuel, Rahm Israel
(Encyclopedia) Emanuel, Rahm Israel, 1959–, American politician, b. Chicago, grad. Sarah Lawrence College (B.A., 1981), Northwestern Univ. (M.A., 1985). A seasoned Democratic power broker and skilled…Brees, Drew
(Encyclopedia) Brees, Drew (Andrew Christopher Brees)Brees, Drewbrēz [key], 1979–, American football player, b. Austin, Tex. At Purdue in 2000 he quarterbacked the Boilermakers to the Big 10…Casper
(Encyclopedia) Casper, city (2020 pop. 59,038), alt. 5,123 ft (1,561 m), seat of Natrona co., E central Wyo., on the North Platte River; inc. 1889. It…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
