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Weaver, Sigourney

(Encyclopedia) Weaver, Sigourney , 1949- , American actress, b. New York, N.Y., as Susan Alexandra Weaver, Stanford Univ. (B.A., 1972), Yale Univ. (M.…

Weaver, Earl Sidney

(Encyclopedia) Weaver, Earl Sidney, 1930–, American baseball manager, b. St. Louis. The pint-sized (5 ft 7 in.) scrapper began his baseball career in 1948 and until 1957 played second base in the…

Jackie

Written and directed by:Gip HoppeSets:David GalloCostumes:Susan SantoianLighting:Peter KaczorowskiSound:J. HagenbuckleOpened:11/97 at the Belasco TheaterCast:Margaret Colin, Bill Camp, Thomas…

Weaver, James Baird

(Encyclopedia) Weaver, James Baird, 1833–1912, American political leader, b. Dayton, Ohio. Reared in frontier areas of Michigan and Iowa, he practiced law in Iowa. He served in the Union army in the…

Deloney, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Deloney, ThomasDeloney, Thomasdəlōˈnē [key], c.1543–c.1600, English ballad writer, fiction writer, and pamphleteer. He was a silk weaver. Deloney's chief works are three prose…

Mason, Jackie

(Jacob Moshe Maza)comedianBirthplace: Sheboygan, Wis.Born: 6/9/31

Jackie Robinson

      Robinson wasn't the most talented player in the Negro Leagues, but Rickey considered him the most "suitable" player to desegregate baseball. The fact that he was married —and wouldn't…