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Gladiator

Director:Ridley ScottWriters:David Franzoni, John Logan, William NicholsonDreamWorks; R; 150 minutesRelease:5/00Cast:Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed Gladiator, director Ridley…

David Perley LOWE, Congress, KS (1823-1882)

LOWE David Perley , a Representative from Kansas; born near Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., August 22, 1823; moved to Ohio; attended the common schools; was graduated from the Cincinnati Law College…

James THORINGTON, Congress, IA (1816-1887)

THORINGTON James , a Representative from Iowa; born in Wilmington, N.C., May 7, 1816; moved with his parents to Montgomery, Ala., in 1827; attended the common schools, the military school in…

24 Hours of Daytona

Jan. 30-31, at Daytona Beach, Fla. Officially the Rolex 24 at Daytona and first held in 1962 (as a 3-hour race). An IMSA Camel GT race for exotic prototype sports cars and contested over a 3.56-…

Up at the Villa

Director:Phillip HaasWriter:Belinda HaasOctober Films; PG-13; 115 minutesRelease:5/00Cast:Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft Up at the Villa follows the parlor affairs of a group…

Howard Henry BAKER, Congress, TN (1902-1964)

BAKER Howard Henry , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky., January 12, 1902; moved with his parents to Huntsville, Scott County, Tenn.; attended the public…

ice skating

(Encyclopedia) ice skating, gliding along an ice surface on keellike runners known as ice skates. The earliest skates (c.9th cent.), made of bone, were found in Sweden. Wooden skates with iron…

Douglass, Frederick

(Encyclopedia) Douglass, FrederickDouglass, Frederickdŭgˈləs [key], c.1818–1895, American abolitionist, b. near Easton, Md. as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. The son of a black slave, Harriet…

Hall, Stuart Henry McPhail

(Encyclopedia) Hall, Stuart, 1932–2014, Jamaican-born British sociologist and cultural theorist, b. Kingston, Jamaica. Hall attended Jamaica College…