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1977 National Book Awards

Biography and AutobiographyNorman Thomas: The Last Idealist, W. A. SwanbergChildren's LiteratureThe Master Puppeteer, Katherine PatersonContemporary ThoughtThe Uses of Enchantment: The…

Pay It Forward

Director:Mimi LederWriter:Leslie DixonWarner Bros.; 155 minutes; PG-13Release:10/00Cast:Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment Las Vegas overflows with confidence men but is low on trust…

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Director/Writer:Steven SpielbergWarner Bros. and DreamWorks; PG-13; 140 minutesRelease:6/01Cast:Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor Don't take the young kids to see the Steven…

Halle Berry Biography

Halle Berry actress, modelBorn: 8/14/1966Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Oscar-winning actress who as a high school cheerleader and beauty queen was the first African American to represent the…

Alan Hale Jr. Biography

Alan Hale Jr.actorBorn: 3/8/1918Birthplace: Los Angeles Hearty, large character actor much like his father who first appeared as a teenager in 1933's Wild Boys of the Road. He worked in bit…

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

(Encyclopedia) King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874–1950, Canadian political leader, b. Kitchener, Ont.; grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie. An expert on labor questions, he served in Wilfrid Laurier's…

Dominicans

(Encyclopedia) DominicansDominicansdəmĭnˈĭkənz [key], Roman Catholic religious order, founded by St. Dominic in 1216, officially named the Order of Preachers (O.P.). Although they began locally in…

Burnham, Daniel Hudson

(Encyclopedia) Burnham, Daniel HudsonBurnham, Daniel Hudsonbûrˈnəm [key], 1846–1912, American architect and city planner b. Henderson, N.Y. He was trained in architects' offices in Chicago. In that…

Current Events This Week: March 2024

Top of Page World News | U.S. News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News It's a busy world out there, so that’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories for each week of March 2024…