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Leopold and Loeb
(Encyclopedia) Leopold and LoebLeopold and Loeblōb [key], notorious American murderers defended by Clarence Darrow in 1924. The gregarious, dominating Richard A. Loeb (1905–1936) and the shy,…Williams, Ted
(Encyclopedia) Williams, Ted (Theodore Samuel Williams), 1918–2002, American baseball player, b. San Diego, Calif. At the age of 17 he began playing professional ball with the San Diego Padres of the…1999 Team Statistics: Seattle Mariners
Batting (135 AB) Avg AB R H HR RBI SB Edgar Martinez .337 502 86 169 24 86 7 Tom Lampkin .291 206 29 60 9 34 1 Ken Griffey Jr…1998-99 Boxing Welterweights <span class="rm" >(147 lbs)</span>
Date Winner Loser Result Title Site Nov. 20 Oba Carr Verdell Smith Wu 8 — Las Vegas Nov. 28 Ahmed Kotiev Santos Cardona Wu 12 WBO Lubeck, GER Dec…Johnson, Samuel, English author
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Samuel, 1709–84, English author, b. Lichfield. The leading literary scholar and critic of his time, Johnson helped to shape and define the Augustan Age. He was equally…Connors, Jimmy
(Encyclopedia) Connors, Jimmy (James Scott Connors, Jr.), 1952–, American tennis player, b. East St. Louis, Ill. A volatile, controversial, and fiercely competitive player, Connors was known for his…Lisburn
(Encyclopedia) LisburnLisburnlĭzˈbûrnˌ, lĭsˈ– [key], town (1991 pop. 40,391) and district, E Northern Ireland, on the Lagan River. The town's chief industry, linen manufacture, was introduced by the…Chalfie, Martin
(Encyclopedia) Chalfie, Martin, 1947–, American biologist, b. Chicago, Ph.D. Harvard, 1977. In 1982 Chalfie joined the faculty at Columbia, where he is now the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of…Brain Trust
(Encyclopedia) Brain Trust, the group of close advisers to Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he was governor of New York state and during his first years as President. The name was applied to them…Sturgis, Russell
(Encyclopedia) Sturgis, RussellSturgis, Russellstûrˈjĭs [key], 1836–1909, American architect and writer, b. Baltimore co., Md., grad. College of the City of New York, 1856. He practiced architecture…Trending
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