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Entertainment News from February 1998

3Best-selling novelist Tom Clancy, along with several other investors, agrees to buy the Minnesota Vikings for more than $200 million, a record price for an NFL team. “It gives me heartburn…

Notable Female Scientists

Annie Jump Cannon Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and…

MacArthur, Douglas

(Encyclopedia) MacArthur, Douglas, 1880–1964, American general, b. Little Rock, Ark.; son of Arthur MacArthur. At the beginning (1950) of the Korean War he was appointed commander of UN military…

Hispanic American Scientists

// Cite Ellen Ochoa Luis Walter Alvarez, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Franklin Chang-Dìaz, astronaut Mario Molina, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Carlos Noriega, astronaut Ellen…

One True Thing

Director: Carl Franklin Writer: Karen Crone Universal Pictures; PG-13; 120 minutes Release: 10/98 Cast: Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott,…

The First Ladies Gallery

An illustrated guide to the first ladies of the United States Please note: Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Hoes Van Buren, and Ellen Arthur all died before their husbands became…

50th Annual Emmy Awards

NewsRadio's late Phil Hartman, nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a ComedyRounding out the Best Actor in a Drama category are Andre Braugher of Homicide: Life on the Street and NYPD Blue's Jimmy…

50th Emmy Awards: Comedy Acting Nominees

prev | lead roles | supporting roles | guest stars | next Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Michael J. Fox: Spin City Kelsey Grammer: Frasier John Lithgow: 3rd Rock From the Sun Paul…

Famous Firsts by LGBT Americans

  Some early accomplishments by LGBT Americans LGBT Firsts: Government1 Local elected lesbian official: Kathy Kozachenko, 1974, Ann Arbor City Council, Mich. Local elected gay official: Harvey…

Slideshow: Women Nobel Peace Prize Winners

by Liz Olson and Jennie Wood The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to persons who have made the most outstanding contributions toward world peace. From novelists to social workers, the award has gone…