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Adler, Stella

(Encyclopedia) Adler, StellaAdler, Stellaădˈlər [key], 1901–92, American actress, director, and acting teacher, b. New York City. The daughter of Jacob and Sarah Adler, stars in New York's Yiddish…

Thanksgiving Day

(Encyclopedia) Thanksgiving Day, national holiday in the United States commemorating the Pilgrims' celebration of the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony in 1621, after a winter of great starvation…

Amy Lowell: I

IHow the slates of the roof sparkle in the sun, over there, over there, beyond the high wall! How quietly the Seine runs in loops and windings, over there, over there, sliding through the…

Angel Eyes

Director:Luis MandokiWriter:Gerald DiPegoWarner Bros.; R; 110 minutesRelease:5/01Cast:Jennifer Lopez, Jim Caviezel, Victor Argo The director of Message in a Bottle returns to the screen with…

Earl Lloyd

Earl Lloyd Born: April 28, 1928Birthplace: Alexandria, Va.Basketball forward   On Oct. 30, 1950, Earl Lloyd became the first African-American to play in a National Basketball Association game. As…

December 2005 Disasters

Dec. 5, Kalemie, Congo: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake, with the epicenter in Lake Tanganyika, destroyed mud houses and killed at least 3 in this war-torn region of Africa.Dec. 6, Tehran, Iran:…

William Evans CROW, Congress, PA (1870-1922)

Senate Years of Service: 1921-1922 Party: Republican CROW William Evans , a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in German Township, Fayette County, Pa., March 10, 1870; attended the public schools…

Gummo

Director/Writer: Harmony KorineDirector of Photography:Jean Yves EscoffierEditor:Christopher TellefsenMusic:Randall PosterProduction Designer:Dave DoernbergProducer:Cary WoodsFine Line; R; 95…