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Sweet November

Director:Pat O'ConnorWriter:Kurt VoelkerWarner Bros.; PG-13; 110 minutesRelease2/01Cast:Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jason Isaacs February is limbo month at the movie theaters. Sequels (…

James Oliver EASTLAND, Congress, MS (1904-1986)

Senate Years of Service: 1941-1941; 1943-1978 Party: Democrat; Democrat EASTLAND James Oliver , a Senator from Mississippi; born in Doddsville, Sunflower County, Miss., November 28, 1904; moved…

1961 College Basketball Recap

Final AP Top 20 Major Conference Champions NCAA Tournament (24 teams) NIT Tournament (12 teams) Player of the Year Coach of the Year Consensus All-America The NCAA…

1971 College Football Recap

Final AP Top 20 Bowl Games with Top 20 Teams Major Conference Champions Heisman Trophy Voting Other Major Award Winners Consensus All-America Team In 1971, Nebraska…

1974 College Football Recap

Final AP Top 20 Bowl Games with Top 20 Teams Major Conference Champions Heisman Trophy Voting Other Major Award Winners Consensus All-America Team After three seasons…

Monroe, James

(Encyclopedia) Monroe, James, 1758–1831, 5th President of the United States (1817–25), b. Westmoreland co., Va. In 1816 Monroe obtained the presidential nomination and was easily elected. During…

Mecca

(Encyclopedia) MeccaMeccamĕkˈə [key] or MakkahMakkahmăkˈə [key], city (1993 pop. 966,381), capital of the Hejaz, W Saudi Arabia. The birthplace c.a.d. 570 of Muhammad the Prophet, it is the holiest…

Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich

(Encyclopedia) Dostoyevsky or Dostoevsky, Feodor MikhailovichDostoyevsky or Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovichfyôˈdər mēkhīˈləvĭch dəstəyĕfˈskē [key], 1821–81, Russian novelist, one of the towering…

Raphael Santi

(Encyclopedia) Raphael Santi or Raphael Sanzio, Ital. Raffaello Santi or Raffaello SanzioRaphael Santiräfˌfäĕlˈlō sänˈtē, sänˈtsyō [key], 1483–1520, major Italian Renaissance painter, b. Urbino. In…

Peninsular campaign

(Encyclopedia) Peninsular campaign, in the American Civil War, the unsuccessful Union attempt (Apr.–July, 1862) to capture Richmond, Va., by way of the peninsula between the York and James rivers…