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1997–1998 Emmy Awards

The 50th Annual Prime-Time Emmy Awards were presented September 13, 1998.Outstanding Drama SeriesThe Practice (ABC)Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesAndre Braugher, Homicide: Life on…

Entertainment News from May 2001

3Tina Wesson, a 40-year-old nurse from Tennessee, becomes the second Survivor millionaire to win the grand prize. She edges out fellow southerner Colby Donaldson. Nearly 34 million viewers…

Gilbert, William

(Encyclopedia) Gilbert, William, 1544–1603, English scientist and physician. He studied medicine at Cambridge (M.D., 1569), where he was elected a Fellow of St. John's College, and set up practice in…

Nitze, Paul Henry

(Encyclopedia) Nitze, Paul HenryNitze, Paul Henrynĭtˈsə [key], 1907–2004, American public official, b. Amherst, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1927. After working in investment banking, he entered government…

amateur

(Encyclopedia) amateur, in sports, one who engages in athletic competition without material recompense. Upper-class Englishmen in the 19th cent. used the concept to help define their social status,…

Truffaut, François

(Encyclopedia) Truffaut, FrançoisTruffaut, FrançoisfräNswäˈ trüfōˈ [key], 1932–84, French film director and critic. Known in his early 20s as a writer for the influential French film journal Cahiers…

Cabinet Members of George W. Bush

2001-2009 by Beth Rowen Related Links Inaugural FactfileBiography: George W. BushPresidential Inaugural AddressesPresidential Inaugural Addresses: Length and Date of SpeechHow is a President…