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1987 Grammy Awards

Record of the Year“Graceland,” Paul SimonAlbum of the YearJoshua Tree, U2 (Island)Song of the Year“Somewhere Out There,” James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, songwritersBest New…

Aesop's Fables: Hercules and the Waggoner

by Aesop The Man and the ImageThe Pomegranate, the Apple-Tre...Hercules and the Waggoner A Waggoner was driving his team along a muddy lane with a full load behind them, when the wheels of…

Tripp on Trial

A key figure in the Clinton Impeachment Scandal may be tried herself. by Elissa Haney Tripp claims she began taping her conversations with Lewinsky for her own protection, as a potential witness…

2003 National Board of Review Awards

The National Board of Review includes teachers, actors, writers and movie-production workers. The organization publishes the magazine Films in Review. The winners were announced Dec. 4, 2003…

voting

(Encyclopedia) voting, method of registering collective approval or disapproval of a person or a proposal. The term generally refers to the process by which citizens choose candidates for public…

Vanderbilt, Cornelius

(Encyclopedia) Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794–1877, American railroad magnate, b. Staten Island, N.Y. As a boy he ferried freight and passengers from Staten Island to Manhattan, and he soon gained…

Weld, Theodore Dwight

(Encyclopedia) Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803–95, American abolitionist, b. Hampton, Conn. In 1825 his family moved to upstate New York, and he entered Hamilton College. While in college he became a…