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tap dance

(Encyclopedia) tap dance, theatrical dance form in which the dancer, wearing shoes with metal heel and toe taps, beats out complex, syncopated rhythms on the floor. After a slump in popularity in…

Guinevere (Film)

Director/Writer:Audrey WellsMiramax; 104 minutes; RRelease:9/99Cast:Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Jean Smart Guinevere focuses on an inexperienced woman coming under the romantic tutelage of a…

2003 Deaths: G - L

Leopoldo GaltieriJack GelberJ. Paul GettyMaurice GibbAlthea GibsonTom GlazerRobert GoodWinston GrahamMartha Griffiths Arthur GuytonAnne GwynneBuddy HackettAlbert HakimNajeeb HalabySue Sally…

1903–1920

1903—Boston A.L. 5 (Jimmy Collins); Pittsburgh N.L. 3 (Fred Clarke). WP—Boston: Dinneen (2, 6, 8), Young (5, 7); Pittsburgh: Phillippe (1, 3, 4). LP—Boston: Young (1), Hughes (3), Dinneen (4…

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill

(Encyclopedia) Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834–1903, American painter, etcher, wit, and eccentric, b. Lowell, Mass. Whistler was dismissed from West Point for insufficient knowledge of chemistry…

Wendy Hiller 2003 Deaths

Wendy HillerAge: 90 celebrated British stage and film actress best known for her roles as Eliza Doolittle in the 1938 film Pygmalion and as the title character in 1941's Major Barbara. She…

Leonard Hilton 2000 Deaths

Leonard HiltonAge: 52 anchored the University of Houston relay team that set a world record in the indoor distance medley relay in 1970; qualified in the 5,000-meter run at the 1972 Olympics…

Bertha Holt 2000 Deaths

Bertha HoltAge: 96 adoption advocate whose efforts to adopt abandoned Korean-American war orphans led to the 1955 Bill for Relief of Certain War Orphans, which allowed American families to…

Al Hirschfeld 2003 Deaths

Al HirschfeldAge: 99 singular graphic artist whose caricatures of theater personalities graced dozens of publications for more than 75 years. His work most often appeared in the drama section…

Maria Hinojosa Biography

Maria HinojosaJournalistBorn: 1961Birthplace: Mexico City NPR correspondent Maria Hinojosa got her start in broadcasting as the producer and host of a Latino radio show at New York's Barnard…