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Bob Thurman 1998 Deaths

Bob Thurman Age: 81 former Negro Leagues and major league outfielder in the 1940s and 50s; spent five seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, mostly as a pinch hitter and platoon player; joined the…

Billy Bob Thornton Biography

Billy Bob Thornton actor, screenwriter Born: 8/4/1955Birthplace: Hot Springs, Arkansas   After a long stint as a low-profile actor and screenwriter, Thornton careened to stardom for writing,…

Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas

(Encyclopedia) Boileau-Despréaux, NicolasBoileau-Despréaux, Nicolasnēkôläˈ bwälōˈ-dāprāōˈ [key], 1636–1711, French literary critic and poet. He was the spokesman of classicism, drawing his principles…

Kramer, Jack

(Encyclopedia) Kramer, Jack (John Albert Kramer), 1921–2009, American tennis player, b. Las Vegas, Nev. He excelled at tennis while still in high school. Kramer and Frederick (Ted) Schroeder won the…

metronome

(Encyclopedia) metronomemetronomemĕˈtrənōmˌ [key], in music, originally pyramid-shaped clockwork mechanism to indicate the exact tempo in which a work is to be performed. It has a double pendulum…

Daniel Bever CRANE, Congress, IL (1936)

CRANE Daniel Bever , (Brother of Philip Miller Crane), a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 10, 1936; attended the public schools of Chicago; A.B., Hillsdale…

Philip Miller CRANE, Congress, IL (1930)

CRANE Philip Miller , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 3, 1930; attended DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., University of Michigan, and the…

Stephen CRANE, Congress, NJ (1709-1780)

CRANE, Stephen, (grandfather of Joseph Halsey Crane), a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., in July 1709; sheriff of Essex County; was chosen by the…

limpkin

(Encyclopedia) limpkin or courlancourlank&oobreve;rˈlən [key], common terms for a long-legged, nonmigratory marsh bird, considered the connecting evolutionary link between the crane and the rail…

Hull, Brett Andrew

(Encyclopedia) Hull, Brett Andrew, 1956–, Canadian-American hockey player, son of Bobby Hull. Brett, an outstanding scoring right wing and a dual Canadian-U.S. citizen, played for the Univ. of…