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1977 Radio & Records All-Time Charts

1977 Radio & Records All-Time ChartsPop/Adult“Theme From A Star is Born”Barbra Streisand (Columbia)“Looks Like We Made It” Barry Manilow (Arista)“Handy Man” James Taylor (Columbia)“…

Bridget Fonda Biography

Bridget Fonda actressBorn: 1/27/1964Birthplace: Los Angeles Talented actress with an impressive Hollywood lineage: daughter of Peter Fonda, niece of Jane Fonda, and granddaughter of the late…

Chlöe Sevigny Biography

Chlöe SevignyactressBorn: Nov. 18, 1975Birthplace: Darien, Conn. One of independent film's darlings, Sevigny has made a career out of appearing in risky films. In her big-screen debut, she played a…

The Supreme Court: Confessing Illegally

Confessing IllegallyThe Supreme CourtArresting RulesLimiting Forced MedicationConfessing Illegally Tossing out a confession at trial can frequently result in the loss of a conviction, so…

Being Neighborly

Being Neighborly"What in the world are you going to do now, Jo?" asked Meg one snowy afternoon, as her sister came tramping through the hall, in rubber boots, old sack, and hood, with a broom…

Gossip

GossipIn order that we may start afresh and go to Meg's wedding with free minds, it will be well to begin with a little gossip about the Marches. And here let me premise that if any of the…

Mary Chapin Carpenter Biography

Mary Chapin Carpenter singer, songwriterBorn: 2/21/1958Birthplace: Princeton, New Jersey Country singer and songwriter whose well-known hits include “How Do” (1989) and “ I Feel Lucky” (1993).…

Driver, Samuel Rolles

(Encyclopedia) Driver, Samuel Rolles, 1846–1914, English clergyman and biblical scholar. He was regius professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and from 1876 to 1884 was a member of…

bitumen

(Encyclopedia) bitumenbitumenbĭty&oomacr;ˈmən [key] a generic term referring to flammable, brown or black mixtures of tarlike hydrocarbons, derived naturally or by distillation from petroleum. It…

Wittig, Georg

(Encyclopedia) Wittig, Georg, 1897–1987, German chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Marburg, 1926. During his career, Wittig was a professor at the universities of Braunschweig, Freiburg, Tübingen, and…