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Brewer's: Creaking Doors hang the Longest

“Un pot fêlé dure plus qu'un neuf.” “Tout se qui branle ne chet pas” (tumbles not). Delicate persons often outlive the more robust. Those who have some personal affliction, like the gout,…

Football Hall of Fame: Players

Abell, Earl—Colgate, 1915Agase, Alex—Purdue/Illinois, 1946Agganis, Harry—Boston Univ., 1952Albert, Frank—Stanford, 1941Aldrich, Chas. (Ki)—Texas Christian, 1938Aldrich, Malcolm—Yale,…

Nelson TIFT, Congress, GA (1810-1891)

TIFT Nelson , a Representative from Georgia; born in Groton, Conn., July 23, 1810; attended the village school; moved to Key West, Fla., with his father in 1826, to Charleston, S.C., in 1830, and…

Entertainment News from December 2001

2President Bush lauds actors Julie Andrews and Jack Nicholson, composer-producer Quincy Jones, pianist Van Cliburn, and tenor Luciano Pavarotti at the Kennedy Center Honors, an annual…

McAdoo, William Gibbs

(Encyclopedia) McAdoo, William GibbsMcAdoo, William Gibbsmăkˈəd&oomacr; [key], 1863–1941, American political leader, U.S. secretary of the treasury (1913–18), b. near Marietta, Ga. The son of a…

Dubinsky, David

(Encyclopedia) Dubinsky, DavidDubinsky, Davidd&oomacr;bĭnˈskē [key], 1892–1982, American labor leader, president (1932–66) of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), b. Brest-…

Boston Symphony Orchestra

(Encyclopedia) Boston Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1881 by Henry Lee Higginson, who was its director and financial backer until 1918. The orchestra performed at the Old Boston Music Hall for nearly…

Entertainment Bios — B

Judy BacaLauren BacallBurt BacharachBackstreet BoysKevin BaconErykah BaduJoan BaezJoe Don BakerJosephine BakerKathy BakerLaVern BakerRussell BakerGeorge BalanchineAlec BaldwinWilliam BaldwinChristian…

Television Hall of Fame

Each year, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences inducts up to seven people or programs to the Television Hall of Fame. Here are the past…