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Clockwatchers

Director: Jill Sprecher Writers: Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher Director of Photography: Jim Denault Editor: Stephen Mirrione Music: Joseph L. Altruda and Mader Production…

John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address

Given on Friday, January 20, 1961 Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy, fellow citizens: We…

Karol Kennedy Kucher 2004 Deaths

Karol Kennedy KucherAge: 72 figure skater who, with her brother Peter, won a silver medal in pairs at the 1952 Olympics and a gold medal at the world championships in 1950. They also won five…

J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award

The award, named for the NBA's second commissioner, is presented annually by the Professional Basketball Writers Association to an NBA player or coach for exemplary community service. Other…

Sedgwick, Theodore

(Encyclopedia) Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746–1813, American lawyer and statesman, b. West Hartford, Conn. He practiced law in Massachusetts after being admitted (1766) to the bar. In the American…

Hell Gate

(Encyclopedia) Hell Gate, narrow channel of the East River, SE N.Y., between Wards Island and Astoria, Queens, New York City. Named Hellegat by the Dutch navigator Adriaen Block, who passed through…

Mudd, Roger Harrison

(Encyclopedia) Mudd, Roger Harrison, 1928-2021, American broadcast journalist, b. Washington, D.C., Washington and Lee Univ. (BA, 1950), Univ. of N.C…

Leacock, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Leacock, Richard, 1921–2011, Anglo-American filmmaker, b. London. A key figure in the development of cinéma vérité, he also helped create the camera and sound equipment that made the…