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Hays, Anna Mae
(Encyclopedia) Hays, Anna Mae, 1920–2018, American general, b. Buffalo, N.Y., as Anna Mae Violet McCabe. Trained as a nurse (1941), she enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps (1942) and served in Assam,…Brodhead, Daniel
(Encyclopedia) Brodhead, Daniel, 1736–1809, American Revolutionary officer and Indian fighter, b. probably near Albany, N.Y. He was taken as an infant to Pennsylvania, where he later served as deputy…Wise, Henry Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Wise, Henry Alexander, 1806–76, American political leader and Confederate general in the Civil War, b. Accomac, Va. A lawyer, he was successively a Jackson Democrat, a Whig, and a…Beck, Ludwig
(Encyclopedia) Beck, LudwigBeck, Ludwigl&oomacr;tˈvĭkh bĕk [key], 1880–1944, German general, leader of resistance to Hitler. A highly cultivated career soldier, he served on the general staff…William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 2), Act II, Scene IV
Scene IVA streetEnter Gloucester and his Servingmen, in mourning cloaksGloucesterThus sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his…1968 Academy Awards
The 1968 Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1969 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureFunny Girl, Ray Stark, producer (Columbia)The Lion in Winter, Martin Poll,…Douglas, Kirk
(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Kirk, 1916–2020, American film actor, b. Amsterdam, N.Y., as Issur Danielovitch, later Isadore Demsky. A leading man with a muscular physique and handsome cleft-chin face that…cold fusion
(Encyclopedia) cold fusion or low-temperature fusion, nuclear fusion of deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen, at or relatively near room temperature. Fusion, the reaction involved in the release of the…Eyes Wide Shut
Director:Stanley KubrickWriters:Stanley Kubrick and Frederic RaphaelWarner Bros.; 145 minutes; RRelease:7/99Cast:Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack Eyes Wide Shut is Stanley Kubrick's…Year in Review, 1998: Top 10 Sports Moments of the Year, Part 1
1. McGwire Blasts 62nd Homer It was the crowning moment of the sports year. When Mark McGwire knocked his 62nd homer of the season, poking the ball just over the left field fence and all the way…Trending
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