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William Hanna Biography

William HannacartoonistBorn: 7/14/1910Birthplace: Melrose, New Mexico pioneering animator who, with his partner, Joseph Barbera, masterminded the cartoon characters Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, and…

Most Popular Kids' Names in America

The most popular names of the last century If you had taken a random survey of names in a playground at the turn of the century, you might have counted a fair number of Johns and even an Ethel or…

My Favorite Martian

Director: Donald Petrie Writers: Sherri Stoner and Deanna Oliver Walt Disney; PG; 99 minutes Release: 2/99 Cast: Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Hurley, and…

The First Ladies Gallery

An illustrated guide to the first ladies of the United States Please note: Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Hoes Van Buren, and Ellen Arthur all died before their husbands became…

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

Director/Writer:Michael RadfordMoonstone Entertainment; R; 123 minutesRelease:10/01Cast:Daryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly, Sandra Oh Dancing at the Blue Iguana is a movie about strippers. Like…

Harrison, Jim

(Encyclopedia) Harrison, Jim (James Thomas Harrison), 1937–2016, American novelist, poet, and essayist, b. Grayling, Mich., grad. Michigan State Univ. (B.A., 1960; M.A., 1965). He began his writing…

Missouri River basin project

(Encyclopedia) Missouri River basin project, comprehensive plan authorized in 1944 for the coordinated development of water resources of the Missouri River and its tributaries, draining an area of c.…

Miles, Nelson Appleton

(Encyclopedia) Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839–1925, American army officer, b. near Westminster, Mass. In 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil War, he left his job in a Boston store and organized a…

Farmer-Labor party

(Encyclopedia) Farmer-Labor party, in U.S. history, political organization composed of agrarian and organized labor interests. Formed in 1919 as the National Labor party, it changed its name at its…

Blackfoot

(Encyclopedia) Blackfoot, Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They occupied in the early 19th cent. a large…