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Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware II Biography

Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware IIthe AsanteheneAge: 79 venerable spiritual and cultural leader of the Ashanti people of Ghana. A London-trained lawyer, the Asantehene became the 18th king of Ashanti…

Notable Women in Business

Estée Lauder Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and…

Robert Waggenhoffer Biography

Robert WaggenhofferAge: 39 world professional figure skating champion and silver medallist in the 1982 U.S. nationals; only U.S. skater to be the junior champion in singles and pairs in the…

Holding the Baby

FoxSunday 7:30–8:00 p.m.; canceledCast:Jon Patrick Walker, Brendan and Kyle McRoberts, Jennifer Westfeldt and Eddie McClintock Smarmy salesman Gordon Stiles (Walker) is stymied when his wife…

Jersey Joe Walcott Biography

Jersey Joe Walcott Born: Jan. 31, 1914Boxer oldest heavyweight (37) to ever win the championship; lost four championship bouts before knocking out Ezzard Charles in the seventh round in 1951…

Lowell Historical Park

Lowell National Historical Park Lowell, Massachusetts In the 1830s the mills in the booming industrial town of Lowell employed women almost exclusively. Thousands of young women left their…

ice skating

(Encyclopedia) ice skating, gliding along an ice surface on keellike runners known as ice skates. The earliest skates (c.9th cent.), made of bone, were found in Sweden. Wooden skates with iron…

1983 National Book Awards

Autobiography/BiographyHardcoverIsak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller, Judith ThurmanPaperbackNathaniel Hawthorne in His Time, James R. MellowChildren's FictionHardcoverHomesick: My Own…

Floyd Wagstaff 2000 Deaths

Floyd WagstaffAge: 89 Texas Sports Hall of Fame basketball coach who is second on the junior college victory list; coached Tyler (Texas) Junior College from 1946-75 and was school's athletic…