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bronze sculpture

(Encyclopedia) bronze sculpture. Bronze is ideal for casting art works; it flows into all crevices of a mold, thus perfectly reproducing every detail of the most delicately modeled sculpture. It is…

Bogdanovich, Peter

(Encyclopedia) Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939 - 2021, American film director, actor, and critic, b. Kingston, N.Y. Bogdanovich was the son of Serbian…

Fred Couples

Fred CouplesBorn: Oct. 3, 1959Golfer 2-time PGA Tour Player of the Year (1991,92); 14 Tour victories, including 1992 Masters.James (Doc) CounsilmanA - CJim Courier

Hector (Toe) Blake

Hector (Toe) BlakeBorn: Aug. 21, 1912Hockey LW led Montreal to 2 Stanley Cups as a player and 8 more as coach; regular season MVP in 1939.Died: May 17, 1995Bonnie BlairA - CFelix (Doc)…

Bob Costas

Bob CostasBorn: Mar. 22, 1952Radio-TV NBC broadcaster who has been anchor for NBA, NFL and Summer Olympics as well as baseball play-by-play man; 11-time Emmy winner as studio host/play-by-…

langue d'oc and langue d'oïl

(Encyclopedia) langue d'oclangue d'ocläNg dôk [key] and langue d'oïllangue d'oïldôēlˈ [key], names of the two principal groups of medieval French dialects. Langue d'oc (literally, “language of yes”)…

Lionel Chapman Biography

Lionel Chapman television producer During his 20-year career in broadcast journalism, Chapman worked on ABC's Nightline and other ABC News productions. He won five Emmy awards, two Peabody…

George Blanda

George BlandaBorn: Sept. 17, 1927Football QB-PK was pro football's all-time leading scorer (2,002 points) until 2000 when he was finally passed by kicker Gary Anderson; led Houston to 2 AFL…

Matt Christopher 1997 Deaths

Matt Christopherwriter Christopher wrote more than 120 sports novels for children, most of which featured underdogs who triumph. He is best known for The Lucky Baseball Bat. He also wrote…