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1997–1998 Broadcast Premieres

Ally McBealAlright AlreadyAsk HarrietBetween BrothersBeyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?Brooklyn SouthBuilt to LastThe CloserCluelessCrackerC16:FBIDamonDawson's CreekDellaventuraDharma &…

Georgia Information

The Question: I'm a student in middle school, and I'd appreciate it a lot if you guys could send me some information on the state of Georgia. The Answer…

The Devil's Dictionary: Razor

by Ambrose Bierce RATTLESNAKEREACHRAZOR -n. An instrument used by the Caucasian to enhance his beauty, by the Mongolian to make a guy of himself, and by the Afro-American to affirm his…

Saladin

(Encyclopedia) SaladinSaladinsălˈədĭn [key], Arabic Salah ad-Din, 1137?–1193, Muslim warrior and Ayyubid sultan of Egypt, the great opponent of the Crusaders, b. Mesopotamia, of Kurdish descent. He…

short story

(Encyclopedia) short story, brief prose fiction. The term covers a wide variety of narratives—from stories in which the main focus is on the course of events to studies of character, from the “short…

Scott, Sir Walter

(Encyclopedia) Scott, Sir Walter, 1771–1832, Scottish novelist and poet, b. Edinburgh. He is considered the father of both the regional and the historical novel. Scott's narrative poems…

Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of

(Encyclopedia) Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of, feudal state created by leaders of the First Crusade (see Crusades) in the areas they had wrested from the Muslims in Syria and Palestine. In 1099, after…

The Strip

UPNTuesday 9:00–10:00 p.m.; canceledCast:Sean Patrick Flanery, Guy Torry, and Joe Viterelli Two former Las Vegas cops (Flanery and Torry) take jobs as security officers for a billionaire…