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1976 Radio & Records All-Time Charts

1976 Radio & Records All-Time ChartsPop Adult“Afternoon Delight” Starland Vocal Band (Windsong)“I'd Really Love to See You” England Dan and J.F. Coley (Big Tree)“If You Leave Me Now”…

Tilden, Samuel Jones

(Encyclopedia) Tilden, Samuel Jones, 1814–86, American political figure, Democratic presidential candidate in 1876, b. New Lebanon, N.Y. Admitted to the bar in 1841, Tilden was an eminently…

Hawarden

(Encyclopedia) HawardenHawardenhôrˈdən, härˈ– [key], town, Flintshire, NE Wales. There are ruins of a 13th-century castle on the grounds of Hawarden Castle (built 1752), which was the home of William…

Whitehaven

(Encyclopedia) WhitehavenWhitehavenhwītˈhāvən [key], town (1991 pop. 27,512), Cumbria, NW England, at the mouth of Solway Firth. Whitehaven is a seaport and industrial town. There are chemical works…

Carrickfergus

(Encyclopedia) Carrickfergus Carrickfergus kărˌĭkfûrˈgəs [key], town and district, E Northern Ireland, on the shore of…

Year in Review, 2000: Top Sports Personalities

Golf star Tiger Woods, Olympic star Cathy Freeman, and ten other personalities who changed sports by Gerry Brown, John Gettings, & Mike Morrison Tiger Woods At the age of 25, Woods…

cult

(Encyclopedia) cult, ritual observances involved in worship of, or communication with, the supernatural or its symbolic representations. A cult includes the totality of ideas, activities, and…

Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent

(Encyclopedia) Beardsley, Aubrey VincentBeardsley, Aubrey Vincentôˈbrē, bĭrdzˈlē [key], 1872–98, English illustrator and writer, b. Brighton. Beardsley exemplifies the aesthetic movement in English…

Hewes, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Hewes, JosephHewes, Josephhy&oomacr;z [key], 1730–79, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Kingston, N.J. He moved (1760) to…