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NCAA Tournament (23 teams)

East RegionalFirst RoundPrinceton 60, Penn St. 58St. Joseph's-PA 67, Connecticut 61Providence 91, West Virginia 67SemifinalsPrinceton 66, N.C. State 48Providence 81, St. Joseph's-PA 73 (OT)…

Highest-Ranking Officers in U.S. History

General and Commander-in-Chief1 General George Washinton. Source: Library of Congress.George Washington (1732–1799), b. Westmoreland County, Va., unanimously voted by Congress on…

Gide, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Gide, CharlesGide, Charlesshärl [key]Gide, Charles zhēd [key], 1847–1932, French economist. A professor at the universities of Bordeaux, Montpellier, and Paris, Gide was an expert on…

Lowry, Malcolm

(Encyclopedia) Lowry, Malcolm (Clarence Malcolm Lowry)Lowry, Malcolmlouˈrē [key], 1909–57, English novelist, b. New Brighton, Wirral. Lowry is widely recognized as an important writer who effectively…

Neurath, Otto

(Encyclopedia) Neurath, Otto, 1882–1945, Austrian philosopher, social scientist, and design theorist, b. Vienna. During the 1920s and 30s he was both a Marxist and a member of the Vienna Circle, an…

Amy Lowell: Number 3 on the Docket

Number 3 on the DocketThe lawyer, are you? Well! I ain't got nothin' to say. Nothin'! I told the perlice I hadn't nothin'. They know'd real well 'twas me. Ther warn't no supposin', Ketchin'…

Biographies: Selected Basketball Players

Selected Basketball Players Magic Johnson drives by Angola's Anibal Moreira (Barcelona Olympics, 1992) See also NBA Most Valuable Players People in the NewsRecent…

African American Inventors

Thomas L. Jennings (1791–1859)A tailor in New York City, Jennings is credited with being the first African American to hold a U.S. patent…

EDtv

Director: Ron Howard Writers: Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel Universal Pictures; PG-13 Release: 3/99 Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Woody Harrelson, Ellen…