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Smashing Pumpkins Biography

Smashing Pumpkinsrock band Grammy Award-winning progressive rock band whose lush arrangements and high production values set the band apart from other bands of the genre. Founded by lead…

Tom Novak 1998 Deaths

Tom NovakAge: 72 only four-time all-conference selection in Nebraska football history; played fullback and center and nicknamed "Train Wreck" for his hard hits; elected to Nebraska Football…

James Oliver 1998 Deaths

James OliverAge: 54 won at least 20 games in his first five seasons as head basketball coach at Alabama State en route to a 291-191 career record after 17 seasons with the Hornets; was…

Edward Cambridge REED, Congress, NY (1793-1883)

REED Edward Cambridge , a Representative from New York; born in Fitzwilliam, N.H., March 8, 1793; attended the common schools; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1812;…

Lights! Camera! Learning! - American Classics

American Classics Peck's Atticus Finch in court To Kill a Mockingbird Though Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his subtle portrayal of Atticus Finch, the Southern lawyer who defends a black man…

Hart, Oliver Simon D'Arcy

(Encyclopedia) Hart, Oliver Simon D'Arcy, 1948–, British-American economist, b. London, England, Ph.D. Princeton, 1974. He has been a professor at the London School of Economics (1981–85), the…

1977 Gramophone Awards

ChamberShostakovich, String Quartets nos. 4 and 12, Fitzwilliam Quartet (Decca)ChoralElgar, Coronation Ode; Parry, I Was Glad, Philip Ledger conducting Kings College Choir and New…

Brewer's: Taylor's Institute

The Fitzwilliam Museum of Oxford. So called from Sir Robert Taylor, who made large bequests towards its erection. (1714-1788.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Fitz

(Norman). Son of; as Fitz-Herbert, Fitz-William, Fitz-Peter, etc. It is sometimes applied to illegitimate children, as Fitz-Clarence, Fitz-roy, etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

The Greatest Love Stories Quiz

Love is a universal language that transcends time and culture. Whether it's the story of Romeo and Juliet or Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, we can all relate to the thrill, joy, and heartbreak that…