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Don McLean Biography

Don McLeansinger, songwriterBorn: 10/2/1945Birthplace: New Rochelle, New York Don McLean has recorded more than 20 albums in a musical career that has spanned more than 25 years. But most…

The Koran/ Select Bibliography

Select Bibliography ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. From the original Arabic by G. Sale, 1734, 1764, 1795, 1801; many later editions, which include a memoir of the translator by R. A. Davenport, and…

Bob Hayes 2002 Deaths

Bob HayesAge: 59 big-play wide receiver with world-class speed, who was a star with the Dallas Cowboys in the late 1960's and remains the only person to win an Olympic gold medal and a Super…

Good Burger

Director: Brian RobbinsWriters: Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow and Heath SeifertDirector of Photography:Mac AhlbergEditor:Anita Brandt-BurgoyneMusic:Stewart CopelandProduction Designer:Steven…

Stepmom

Director: Chris ColumbusWriters: Gigi Levangie, Jessie Nelson, Steven Rogers, Karen Leigh Hopkins and Ron BassTriStar; PG–13; 120 minutesRelease:12/98cast: Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed…

The Man Who Wasn't There

Director:Joel CoenWriters:Joel and Ethan CoenUSA Films; R; 112 minutesRelease:11/01Cast:Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco Tell it to the media execs: A large part of…

U.S. Societies & Associations (V)

Veterans Committee, American (AVC) (1944): 554 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10022-3201. 15,000. www.usmm.net/avc-mast45.html Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (1899): 406 W. 34th St., Kansas…

Cornell, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Cornell, Joseph, American artist, 1903–72, b. Nyack, N.Y. Cornell is best known for his surrealist-flavored shadow boxes. These are relatively small constructions, within glass-fronted…

Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple

(Encyclopedia) Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple, 1856–1929, American economist, b. St. Clair, Mich., grad. Univ. of Michigan, 1878, Ph.D. Univ. of Halle, 1885. He was professor of political economy (1891–1912…

Luchaire, Achille

(Encyclopedia) Luchaire, AchilleLuchaire, Achilleäshēlˈ lüshĕrˈ [key], 1846–1908, French historian. He edited, in collaboration with Berthold Zeller, L'Histoire de France racontée par les…