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Virginia, University of

(Encyclopedia) Virginia, University of, mainly at Charlottesville; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1819, opened 1825 with Thomas Jefferson as its rector. Jefferson also planned the…

1982–1983 Emmy Awards

Hill Street BluesArchive PhotosOutstanding Drama SeriesHill Street Blues (NBC)Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesEd Flanders, St. ElsewhereOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesTyne…

1987–1988 Emmy Awards

thirtysomethingArchive PhotosOutstanding Drama Seriesthirtysomething (ABC)Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesRichard Kiley, A Year in the LifeOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama…

Banjul

(Encyclopedia) Banjul Banjul bänˈj&oobreve;l [key], formerly Bathurst Bathurst…

Stabat Mater Dolorosa

(Encyclopedia) Stabat Mater DolorosaStabat Mater Dolorosastäˈbät mäˈtĕr dōˌlōrōˈsä [key] [Lat.,=the sorrowful mother was standing], 13th-century hymn of the Roman Church attributed to Jacopone da…

Spinello di Luca Spinelli

(Encyclopedia) Spinello di Luca SpinelliSpinello di Luca Spinellispēnĕlˈlō dē l&oomacr;ˈkä spēnĕlˈlē [key], c.1346–1410, Italian painter, usually called Spinello Aretino from his birthplace,…

Porter, Rodney Robert

(Encyclopedia) Porter, Rodney Robert, 1917–85, British biochemist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1948. He was a researcher at the National Institute of Medical Research, England (1949–1960), and a professor at St…

Scarborough

(Encyclopedia) Scarborough, town (1991 pop. 36,665), and borough and district, North Yorkshire, NE England, on the North Sea. The town, primarily a resort, is also an important conference and…

Ivins, Molly

(Encyclopedia) Ivins, Molly (Mary Tyler Ivins), 1944–2007, U.S. journalist and political columnist, b. Monterey, Calif., B.A. Smith College, 1966, M.A. Columbia School of Journalism, 1967. A decided…