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Westminster Palace

(Encyclopedia) Westminster Palace or Houses of Parliament, in Westminster, London. The present enormous structure, of Neo-Gothic design, was built (1840–60) by Sir Charles Barry to replace an…

Brewer's: Barry Cornwall

poet. A nom de plume of Bryan Waller Procter. It is an anagram of his name. (1788–1874.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BarsaniansBarristers' Gowns A B C…

Barry Manilow Biography

Barry Manilow(Barry Alan Pincus)singer, songwriterBorn: 6/17/1946Birthplace: New York City Often maligned by critics, Barry Manilow was one of the best-selling balladeers of the 1970s.…

Barry Bonds Biography

Barry BondsBorn: July 24, 1964Baseball OF set MLB single-season HR record in 2001 with 73 and became all-time homerun leader in 2007; 6-time NL MVP, 2 with Pittsburgh (1990,92) and 4 with San…

Barry Levinson Biography

Barry Levinson director, screenwriterBorn: 4/6/1942Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland   After winning Emmy awards as a writer for The Carol Burnett Show in the 1970s, Levinson turned to screenplays,…

Barry Sonnenfeld Biography

Barry SonnenfelddirectorBorn: 4/1/1953Birthplace: New York City When it came time for sending her only child off to college, Barry Sonnenfeld's mother made her views clear. If he went to—as…

Newport Jazz Festival

(Encyclopedia) Newport Jazz Festival, annual summer music festival, probably the best known of all such festivals, held at Newport, R.I. Originally sponsored by Newport socialites Mr. and Mrs. Louis…

Packard, David

(Encyclopedia) Packard, David, 1912–96, American business executive, b. Pueblo, Colo., grad. Stanford (B.A., 1934; M.S., 1939). He and classmate William R. Hewlett opened a garage-based business,…

Barry, Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Barry, Elizabeth, 1658–1713, English actress. She gained entrance to the stage through the patronage of the earl of Rochester. From the time of her appearances at the Theatre Royal (…

Barry, John

(Encyclopedia) Barry, John, 1745–1803, U.S. naval officer in the American Revolution, b. Co. Wexford, Ireland. He went as a youth to Philadelphia, where he was a trader and a shipmaster. In the…