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November 2005

WorldIraq Seeks Former Soldiers (Nov. 2): Iraqi Defense Ministry begins recruiting former junior officers from Saddam Hussein's army to bolster army's forces and to siphon fighters away from…

1994 National Book Awards

FictionA Frolic of His Own, William GaddisNonfictionHow We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter, Sherwin B. NulandPoetryWorshipful Company of Fletchers, James Tate

Russell Crowe Biography

Russell Crowe actorBorn: 4/7/1964Birthplace: New Zealand New Zealand-born actor best known in the U.S. for his starring roles in the Academy Award-winning film L.A. Confidential (1997) and the…

The Devil's Dictionary: Accountability

by Ambrose Bierce ACCORDIONACCUSEACCOUNTABILITY -n. The mother of caution. "My accountability, bear in mind," Said the Grand Vizier: "Yes, yes," Said the Shah: "I do — 'tis…

Trinity

NBCFriday 8:00–9:00 p.m.; canceledCast:Tate Donovan, Charlotte Ross, Justin Louis, Sam Trammell, Bonnie Root, Kim Raver and Alicia Coppola The six grown McCallister children may seem to be…

James John DAVIS, Congress, PA (1873-1947)

Senate Years of Service: 1930-1945 Party: Republican DAVIS James John , a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Tredegar, South Wales, October 27, 1873; immigrated to the United States in 1881 with…

Mary Stuart 2002 Deaths

Mary StuartAge: 76 actress who played Joanne Gardner Barron Tate Vincente Tourneur on Search for Tomorrow and Meta Bauer on The Guiding Light. Died: New York City, Feb. 28, 2002Joe Strummer R…

Bollingen Prize in Poetry

The Bollingen Prize in Poetry, a prestigious literary honor given by the Beinecke Library of Yale University, is currently awarded every two years…

Irish Movies: The Snapper (1993)

Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next by Beth Rowen The Snapper (1993) The Curley family of working-class Dublin is thrown for a loop…

Jean-Paul Riopelle 2002 Deaths

Jean-Paul RiopelleAge: 78 Canadian abstract expressionist painter who produced most of his work in postwar France. His works appear in New York City's Museum of Modern Art and London's Tate…