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2008 Tony (Antoinette Perry) Awards

The Tony Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Broadway theater, were presented on June 15, 2008.Play: August: Osage County Musical: In The…

WOMEN: Swimming, 2001-2002 Season

The 6th FINA Short Course World Championships held in Moscow, Russia, April 3-7, 2002. Note that (WR) indicates world record and (CR) indicates championship meet record.Final Medal Leaders—…

Women's Olympic Tennis

Multiple gold medals (including women's doubles): Helen Wills, Gigi Fernandez, Mary Joe Fernandez, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams.SinglesYear 1900 Charlotte Cooper Great Britain1906…

Portland, Ore.

Mayor: Charlie Hales (to Dec. 2016)2010 census population (rank): 583,776 (29); Male: 289,211 (49.5%); Female: 294,565 (50.5%); White: 444,216 (76.1%); Black: 36,695 (6.3%); American Indian…

Poetry Month | Notable Poets

// Cite   Auden, Byron, Chaucer, and more     A-B | C-D | E-H | J-M | N-R | S-T | U-Z   Amiri Baraka   Abu Nuwas Addison, Joseph Aidoo, Ama Ata Aiken, Conrad…

Delacroix, Eugène

(Encyclopedia) Delacroix, Eugène (Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix)Delacroix, EugènefĕrdēnäNˈ-vēktôrˈ-özhĕnˈ dəläkrwäˈ [key], 1798–1863, French painter. Delacroix is considered the foremost painter…

Cézanne, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Cézanne, PaulCézanne, Paulpōl sāzänˈ [key], 1839–1906, French painter, b. Aix-en-Provence. Cézanne was the leading figure in the revolution toward abstraction in modern painting.…

Turner, Joseph Mallord William

(Encyclopedia) Turner, Joseph Mallord William, 1775–1851, English landscape painter, b. London. Turner was the foremost English romantic painter and the most original of English landscape artists; in…