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1996-97 Season: NBA Playoff Leaders

Scoring Gm FG FT Pts Avg Michael Jordan, Chicago1922712359031.1Anfernee Hardaway, Orlando5524015531.0Glen Rice, Charlotte328218327.7Shaquille O'Neal, LA Lakers9896424226.9Karl Malone,…

International Geophysical Year

(Encyclopedia) International Geophysical Year (IGY), 18-month period from July, 1957, through Dec., 1958, during a period of maximum sunspot activity, designated for cooperative study of the solar-…

Louis XIII, king of France

(Encyclopedia) Louis XIII, 1601–43, king of France (1610–43). He succeeded his father, Henry IV, under the regency of his mother, Marie de' Medici. He married Anne of Austria in 1615. Even after…

slang

(Encyclopedia) slang, vernacular vocabulary not generally acceptable in formal usage. It is notable for its liveliness, humor, emphasis, brevity, novelty, and exaggeration. Most slang is faddish and…

Saul Chaplin 1997 Deaths

Saul Chaplinsongwriter, producer, musical director, vocal arranger Chaplin was nominated for five Oscars and won three for his scores of An American in Paris, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers…

Oxford movement

(Encyclopedia) Oxford movement, religious movement begun in 1833 by Anglican clergymen at the Univ. of Oxford to renew the Church of England (see England, Church of) by reviving certain Roman…

Doc Cheatham 1997 Deaths

Doc Cheatham jazz trumpeter Though Cheatham didn't enjoy fame until he was in his 70s, he is remembered as one of jazz's best-known figures. He was a sideman in several big bands in the…

Saul Chaplin Biography

Saul Chaplin(Saul Kaplan)composer, songwriter, arranger, producerBorn: 2/19/1912Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Working in films from the 1930s to the 1980s, he won an Academy Award for Best Music for…