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benzoin

(Encyclopedia) benzoinbenzoinbĕnˈzoin, –zōĭn [key] or benzoinumbenzoinumbĕnzoinˈəm [key], balsamic resin, the dried exudation from the pierced bark of various species of the benzoin tree (Styrax)…

Eddie Bracken 2002 Deaths

Eddie BrackenAge: 87 stage, screen, and film actor who played the comic hero in the Preston Struges films The Miracle of Morgan's Creek and Hail the Conquering Hero. His career, which spanned…

1985–1986 Emmy Awards

Outstanding Drama SeriesCagney and Lacey (CBS)Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesWilliam Daniels, St. ElsewhereOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesSharon Gless, Cagney and…

Douglas, George

(Encyclopedia) Douglas, George, pseud. of George Douglas Brown, 1869–1902, English novelist, b. Scotland. His reputation rests on his single novel, The House with the Green Shutters (1901), a somber…

George E. Brown Jr. Biography

George E. Brown Jr.Age: 79 oldest member of the House of Representatives. The senior Democrat on the House Science Committee, Rep. Brown had a fascination with science and space exploration.…

Norman O. Brown 2002 Deaths

Norman O. BrownAge: 89 philosopher and critic who analyzed history, drawing on theories by such disparate figures as Freud and Marx, to produce scholarly and often mystical works that…

Alice Brown: A West-Country Lover

A West-Country LoverAlice BrownThen, lady, at last thou art sick of my sighing. Good-bye! So long as I sue, thou wilt still be denying? Good-bye! Ah,…