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Kunitz, Stanley Jasspon

(Encyclopedia) Kunitz, Stanley JassponKunitz, Stanley Jassponky&oomacr;ˈnĭts [key], 1905–2006, American poet, teacher, and editor, b. Worcester, Mass. He graduated from Harvard (B.A., 1926; M.A…

Lewis, Sinclair

(Encyclopedia) Lewis, Sinclair, 1885–1951, American novelist, b. Sauk Centre, Minn., grad. Yale Univ., 1908. Probably the greatest satirist of his era, Lewis wrote novels that present a devastating…

Primary Election Dates

They're off and running Convention Delegates as of March 11, 2004 John Kerry 2162 Al Sharpton 27 Dennis Kucinich 23 John Edwards 534 Wesley Clark 57 Howard Dean 170 2,161 Delegates Needed for…

Hare, Sir David

(Encyclopedia) Hare, Sir David, 1947–, British playwright. Hare is a prominent member of the British theatrical left. A founder of the Portable Theatre and the Joint Stock, he became resident…

James, Jesse

(Encyclopedia) James, Jesse (Woodson), 1847–82, American outlaw, b. Clay co., Mo. At the age of 15 he joined the Confederate guerrilla band led by William Quantrill and participated in the brutal and…

Liddy, G. Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Liddy, G. Gordon (George Gordon Battle Liddy), 1930-2021, American political operative and conservative commentator, b. Brooklyn, N.Y…

Vanbrugh, Sir John

(Encyclopedia) Vanbrugh, Sir JohnVanbrugh, Sir Johnvănbr&oomacr;ˈ, vănˈbrə [key], 1664–1726, English dramatist, architect, soldier, and adventurer, b. London, of Flemish descent. In 1686 he…

Tutankhamen

(Encyclopedia) Tutankhamen or TutenkhamonTutankhament&oomacr;tˌängkäˈmən, –ĕngk– [key], fl. c.1350 b.c., king of ancient Egypt, of the XVIII dynasty. He was the son-in-law of Ikhnaton and…

Work Projects Administration

(Encyclopedia) Work Projects Administration (WPA), former U.S. government agency, established in 1935 by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the Works Progress Administration;…

Wright brothers

(Encyclopedia) Wright brothers, American airplane inventors and aviation pioneers. Orville Wright 1871–1948, was born in Dayton, Ohio, and Wilbur Wright, 1867–1912, near New Castle, Ind. Their…