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An Everlasting Piece

Director:Barry Levinson Writer:Barry McEvoyDreamWorks and Columbia Pictures; R; 109 minutesRelease:12/00Cast:Barry McEvoy, Brian F. O'Byrne, Anna Friel Wit amid hardship in small-town…

1983 Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'OrThe Ballad of Narayama, Shohei Imamura (Japan)Special Jury PrizeMonty Python—The Meaning of Life, Terry Jones (United Kingdom)Grand Prix Du Cinema De CreationRobert Bresson, L'…

World Cup Finals: 1930

Uruguay 4, Argentina 2(at Montevideo, Uruguay) 1 2-TJuly 30 Uruguay (4-0) 1 3-4 Argentina (4-1) 2 0-2Goals: Uruguay-Pablo Dorado (12th minute), Pedro Cea (54th), Santos Iriarte (68th),…

Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, BaronCuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baronzhôrzh lāôpôldˈ krātyăNˈ frādārēkˈ dägôbĕrˈ bärôNˈ küvyāˈ [key], 1769–…

Ryder, Albert Pinkham

(Encyclopedia) Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847–1917, American painter, b. New Bedford, Mass. In 1867 his family moved to New York City. There he studied with W. E. Marshall, the engraver, and at the…

Notre-Dame de Paris

(Encyclopedia) Notre-Dame de ParisNotre-Dame de Parisnôˈtrə-däm də pärēˈ [key] [Fr.,=Our Lady of Paris], cathedral church of Paris, a noble achievement of early Gothic architecture in France. It…

Taylor, James Vernon

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, James Vernon, 1948-, American singer-songwriter, b. Boston, Ma. Taylor was born in Boston but raised in Chapel Hill, N.C. As a…

Wyler, William

(Encyclopedia) Wyler, William, 1902–1981, American film director, producer, and writer, b. Mülhausen, Germany (now Mulhouse, France) as Willi Wilder. He came to the United States (1920) at the…

Bingham, Hiram, 1875–1956, American archaeologist, historian, and statesman

(Encyclopedia) Bingham, Hiram, 1875–1956, American archaeologist, historian, and statesman, b. Honolulu; son of Hiram Bingham (1831–1908). He was educated at Yale (B.A., 1898), the Univ. of…