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Dou, Gerard

(Encyclopedia) Dou, Dow, or Douw, Gerard or GerritDou, Dow, or Douw, Gerard or Gerritall: gāˈrärt, gĕrˈĭt dou [key], 1613–1675, Dutch genre and portrait painter of Leiden. The son of a glass painter…

Entertainment News from September 2000

2Jean Speegle Howard, an actress and the mother of Ron Howard, dies at age 73. She appeared in Matilda and Ron's film Apollo 13. 3Will & Grace's Debra Messing marries screenwriter Daniel…

Winter Olympics: Biathlon

A demanding combination of exertion and precision Related Links 2014 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia: Ancient OlympicsBiathlon…

Those Quotable Irish

John Millington Synge, W.B. Yeats, and others Compiled by David Johnson, Ann Marie Imbornoni, and Borgna Brunner   The Irish have always been recognized as having the gift of gab, so…

Braine, John Gerard

(Encyclopedia) Braine, John Gerard, 1922–86, English novelist, b. Bradford, Yorkshire. With his first novel, Room at the Top (1957), Braine established himself as one of England's angry young men.…

Community of Christ

(Encyclopedia) Community of Christ, formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, religious group that regards itself as the successor of the church founded by Joseph Smith.…

Trabert, Tony

(Encyclopedia) Trabert, Tony (Marian Anthony Trabert), 1930-2021, American tennis champion, b. Cincinnati, Oh. Trabert showed talent at tennis from a…

Fadeyev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia) Fadeyev, Aleksandr AleksandrovichFadeyev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovichəlyĭksänˈdər əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch fŭdyāˈəf [key], 1901–56, Russian author. An active Communist, he fought in the…

Isaacs, Susan Sutherland

(Encyclopedia) Isaacs, Susan Sutherland, 1885–1948, British educator. After studying at the universities of Manchester and Cambridge, she became a lecturer in early childhood education. A disciple of…