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Tanglewood Music Festival
(Encyclopedia) Tanglewood Music Festival, formerly the Berkshire Festival (until 1984), summer music festival held since 1937 at “Tanglewood,” a former estate in the adjoining towns of Stockbridge…Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The premier prize for American fiction The Pulitzer Prize for fiction, first given in 1918, is widely recognized as one of the biggest prizes in the American publishing industry. Before 1948, the…The Top Ten: The World's Most Powerful Celebrities, 2014
Photo sources: Beyonce (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP), LeBron James (Ben Margot for Associated Press), Dr. Dre (Dan Steinberg/R-STEINBERG/AP), Oprah Winfrey (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP…Merchant Adventurers
(Encyclopedia) Merchant Adventurers, name given originally to all merchants in England who engaged in export trade, but later applied to loosely organized groups of merchants in the major ports…McReynolds, James Clark
(Encyclopedia) McReynolds, James ClarkMcReynolds, James Clarkməkrĕnˈəldz [key], 1862–1946, U.S. Attorney General (1913–14) and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1914–41), b. Elkton, Ky. He…Jeans, Sir James Hopwood
(Encyclopedia) Jeans, Sir James Hopwood, 1887–1946, English mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He was professor of applied mathematics at Princeton (1905–9), later lectured at Cambridge (1910–…Sassoon, Siegfried
(Encyclopedia) Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886–1967, English poet and novelist. A heroic and decorated officer in World War I, he nonetheless expressed his conviction of the brutality and waste of war in…Schulberg, Budd
(Encyclopedia) Schulberg, Budd (Budd Wilson Schulberg), 1914–2009, American writer, b. New York City, grad. Dartmouth (1936). Because his father was an executive at Paramount Studios, Schulberg could…Sigel, Franz
(Encyclopedia) Sigel, FranzSigel, Franzfränts sēˈgəl [key], 1824–1902, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Sinsheim, Baden, Germany. An officer in the army of Baden, he was a leader (1848–49…Baker, Newton Diehl
(Encyclopedia) Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871–1937, U.S. Secretary of War (1916–21), b. Martinsburg, W.Va. He practiced law and politics in Cleveland as a protégé of Tom L. Johnson. As city solicitor (…Trending
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