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The Devil's Dictionary: Critic

by Ambrose Bierce CREMONACROSSCRITIC -n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him. There is a land of pure delight, Beyond the Jordan's flood…

The Dream Team

The Dream Team Head coach Chuck Daly's “Best Ever” 12-man NBA All-Star squad that headlined the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and easily won the basketball gold medal; co-captained by…

Men: College Soccer, 1997-98 Season

The combined 1997 first team All-America selections of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and the 11 Soccer America MVPs. Holdovers from the combined 1996 All-America…

Najeeb Halaby 2003 Deaths

Najeeb HalabyAge: 87 airline executive, lawyer, and test pilot who served as CEO of Pan American World Airways in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He also headed the Federal Aviation…

David Spedding 2001 Deaths

David SpeddingAge: 58 spymaster, known as C, who headed Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1994 to 1999. He specialized in Middle East issues and in 1984 helped to prevent an…

J. Robert Cade Biography

nephrologistDied: Nov. 27, 2007 (Gainesville, Florida) Best Known as: inventor of the Gatorade drink Dr. Cade was a nephrologist who invented Gatorade…

2000 National Book Critics Circle Awards

Fiction: Being Dead, Jim Crace (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)General Nonfiction: Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, Ted Conover (Random House)Biography or Autobiography: Hirohito and the Making of…

Hiller & Diller

ABCTuesday 9:30–10:00 p.m.; canceledCast: Kevin Nealon, Richard Lewis, Jordan Baker, Eugene Levy, Jill Bernard, Faryn Einhorn, Jonathan Osser, Allison Mack, Kyle Sabihy, Danny Zorn and Bodhi…

The End of the Affair

Director/Writer:Neil JordanColumbia Pictures; R; 105 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea The End of the Affair is a striking adaptation of Graham Greene's semi…

Hanson Biography

HansonmusiciansBirthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa-based musical group who took over the pop airwaves with their 1997 major label debut, Middle of Nowhere, and accompanying hit single, “MMMBop…