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Feininger, Lyonel

(Encyclopedia) Feininger, LyonelFeininger, Lyonelfīˈnĭngər [key], 1871–1956, American painter and illustrator, b. New York City. Feininger studied painting in Berlin, Hamburg, and Paris. He was an…

2006 MTV Music Video Awards

The 2006 Video Music Awards were presented August 31, 2006. Video of the Year Panic! At the Disco, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies…

Pulitzer Prizes: Special Local Reporting

1964James V. Magee, Albert V. Gaudiosi, and Frederick A. Meyer (Philadelphia Bulletin)1965Gene Goltz (Houston Post)1966John A. Frasca (Tampa Tribune)1967Gene Miller (Miami Herald)1968J.…

1971 Tony Awards

PlaySleuthMusicalCompanyActor—PlayBrian Bedford, The School for WivesActress—PlayMaureen Stapleton, Gingerbread LadySupporting or Featured Actor—PlayPaul Sand, Story TheatreSupporting or…

2000 NASCAR Money Leaders

FINAL 2000     Earnings 1 Dale Jarrett $5,225,499 2 Jeff Burton 5,121,354 3 Bobby Labonte 4,041,746 4 Dale Earnhardt 3,701,391 5 Tony Stewart 3,200,…

Brewer's: Corn-Law Rhymer

Ebenezer Elliot, who wrote philippics against the corn laws (1781-1849). “Is not the corn-law rhymer already a king?” —Carlyle. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Red Button

(A). A mandarin of the first class, whose badge of honour is a red button in his cap. “An interview was granted to the admiral [Elliot] by Kishen, the imperial commissioner, the third man…

1962 Tony Awards

PlayA Man for All SeasonsMusicalHow to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingActor—PlayPaul Scofield, A Man for All SeasonsActress—PlayMargaret Leighton, Night of the IguanaSupporting or…

Morrison, Toni

(Encyclopedia) Morrison, Toni, 1931–2019, American writer, b. Lorain, Ohio, as Chloe Ardelia (later Anthony) Wofford; B.A. Howard Univ., 1953, M.F.A. Cornell, 1955. Her fiction is noted for its…

Darnley, Henry Stuart, Lord

(Encyclopedia) Darnley, Henry Stuart or Stewart, Lord, 1545–67, second husband of Mary Queen of Scots and father of James I of England (James VI of Scotland). His mother was Margaret Douglas, the…