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MacPhail, Larry

(Encyclopedia) MacPhail, Larry (Leland Stanford MacPhail, Sr.), 1890–1975, American baseball and business executive, b. Cass City, Mich., grad. George Washington Univ. (LL.B., 1910). After serving in…

Earnhardt, Dale

(Encyclopedia) Earnhardt, Dale (Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr.)Earnhardt, Daleûrnˈhärt [key], 1951–2001, American auto racing driver widely regarded as stock car racing's greatest star, b. Kannapolis, N.C…

Unser, Al

(Encyclopedia) Unser, Al (Alfred Unser, Sr.) Unser, Al ŭnˈsər [key] 1939–2021, American automobile racing driver, b.…

Richards, Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Richards, Gordon, 1904–86, British jockey. He began as a stable apprentice in 1919. From the mid-1920s until his retirement in 1954, he was the championship jockey of England 26 times…

1998 Deaths: R - Z

Ellis RabbEddie RabbittEarl M. RamerJennings RandolphJames Earl RayGene RaymondBebe RebozoJheri ReddingEberhard F. M. ReesHugh ReillyClaude RetherfordRonald RidenhourRisen StarJerome RobbinsT…

Rheinsberg

(Encyclopedia) RheinsbergRheinsbergrīnsˈbĕrk [key], town, Potsdam dist., NE Germany. It is a tourist and manufacturing center. The rococo palace in Rheinsberg was the residence (1736–40) of Crown…

Goblet of Fire Review

Movie Review by Shmuel Ross Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire opened nation wide on November 18, 2005 Related Links Movie Quiz: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Book Quiz: Harry…

Charles Pickering, Sr., 2002 News

trial judge, was denied a promotion to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by the Senate Judiciary Committee in March. Democrats, who hold a majority on the committee,…