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Shelley Duvall

Shelley DuvallactressBorn: 7/7/1949Birthplace: Houston, Texas Actress who made her film and acting debut in the 1970 film Brewster McCloud, after being discovered by director Robert Altman.…

Shelley Duvall Biography

Shelley DuvallactressBorn: 7/7/1949Birthplace: Houston, Texas Actress who made her film and acting debut in the 1970 film Brewster McCloud, after being discovered by director Robert Altman.…

Mae Questel Biography

Mae Questelvoice of cartoon charactersBorn: 9/13/1908Birthplace: New York City Questel began performing in vaudeville in her late teens. Her “boop-oop-a-doop ”routine won her the job of…

ZaSu Pitts Biography

ZaSu PittsactressBorn: 1/3/1894Birthplace: Parsons, Kan. The name “ZaSu”" was created because her two aunts, Eliza and Susan, each wanted the baby named after them. Pitts started working as…

Staten Island

(Encyclopedia) Staten Island (1990 pop. 378,977), 59 sq mi (160 sq km), SE N.Y., in New York Bay, SW of Manhattan, forming Richmond co. of New York state and the borough of Staten Island of New York…

William Shakespeare: Pericles, Act III, Scene I

Scene IEnter Pericles, on shipboardPericlesThou god of this great vast, rebuke these surges, Which wash both heaven and hell; and thou, that hast Upon the winds command, bind them in brass,…

Walt Whitman: Song for All Seas, All Ships

Song for All Seas, All ShipsPart 1To-day a rude brief recitative, Of ships sailing the seas, each with its special flag or ship-signal, Of unnamed heroes in the ships—of waves spreading and…

Washington Wizards

GmFG%TptsPPGRPGAPGMichael Jordan60.416137522.95.75.2Richard Hamilton63.435126020.03.42.7Chris Whitney82.41883310.21.93.8Courtney Alexander56.4705499.82.61.5Tyronn Lue71.4275557.81.73.5Hubert…

sailing

(Encyclopedia) sailing, as a sport, the art of navigating a sailboat for recreational or competitive purposes. Although sailing as a means of transportation predates history, sport sailing—or…