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Kirstie Alley Biography

Kirstie AlleyactressBorn: 1/12/1951Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas Actress who starred in the movies Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Look Who's Talking (1989), Sibling Rivalry (1990), and It…

Dred Scott Case

(Encyclopedia) Dred Scott Case, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1856–57. It involved the then bitterly contested issue of the status of slavery in the federal territories. In 1834, Dred Scott…

Air Bud: Golden Retriever

Director: Richard Martin Writers: Paul Tamasy and Aaron Mendelsohn Dimension Films; G; 91 minutes Release: 8/98 Cast: Kevin Zegers, Cynthia Stevenson, Alyson MacLaren,…

James Jimmy Stewart Biography

James “Jimmy” Stewart Age: 89 film actor An American icon, Stewart will be remembered for his sincere, all-American charm and his slow drawl. Though often thought of as the embodiment of…

Happiness

Director/Writer:Todd SolondzGood Machine; NR; 134 minutesRelease:10/98Cast:Jane Adams, Dylan Baker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lara Flynn Boyle, Cynthia Stevenson, Justin Elvin, Jared Harris,…

The 2008 Class of Inductees

The following inventors—seven are living and eight are received posthumous recognition—were honored because their accomplishments have improved human lives. LED, the solar cell, and…

Plath, Sylvia

(Encyclopedia) Plath, Sylvia, 1932–63, American poet, b. Boston. Educated at Smith College and Cambridge, Plath published poems even as a child and won many academic and literary awards. Her first…

Stephen, Sir Leslie

(Encyclopedia) Stephen, Sir Leslie, 1832–1904, English author and critic. The first serious critic of the novel, he was also editor of the great Dictionary of National Biography from its beginning in…

Super Heavyweight (Unlimited)

Year Final Match1904 Samuel Berger, USA Decision1908 Albert Oldham, GBR KO, 1st1920 Ronald Rawson, GBR Decision1924 Otto von Porat, NOR Decision1928 Arturo Rodriguez Jurado, ARG Stopped,…

Bones McKinney Biography

Bones McKinneyAge: 78 former Wake Forest basketball coach who coached from 1958–65 and led the Deacons to two their first two ACC titles and an appearance in the Final Four in 1962; known…