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Virginia Beach

(Encyclopedia) Virginia Beach, resort city (1990 pop. 393,069), independent and in no county, SE Va., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1906. In 1963, Princess Anne co. and the former small town of…

Wenders, Wim

(Encyclopedia) Wenders, Wim, 1945–, German filmmaker, b. Düsseldorf. During the late 1960s he attended film school and worked as a film critic in Munich. Wenders first attracted attention with The…

Fanon, Frantz Omar

(Encyclopedia) Fanon, Frantz Omar Fanon, Frantz Omar fräNts ômärˈ fänôNˈ [key], 1925–…

astronaut

(Encyclopedia) astronaut, crew member on a U.S. manned spaceflight mission; the Soviet term is cosmonaut. Candidates for manned spaceflight are carefully screened to meet the highest physical and…

Kopit, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Kopit, Arthur, 1937-2021, American playwright, b. New York, New York, as Arthur Lee Koenig, Harvard Univ. (BS, 1959). Kopit’s parents…

Moshe Sherer 1998 Deaths

Moshe ShererAge: 77 well-known rabbi who gained political influence on the national level through his activism for Orthodox Jewish causes.Died: May 17, 1998.Alan ShepardR - ZArkady N.…

Cliff Shaw 1998 Deaths

Cliff ShawAge: 91 college football and basketball official whose call in the 1954 Cotton Bowl set a precedent still observed in the NCAA; when Alabama's Tommy Lewis came off the bench to…

Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Shepherdactress, producerBorn: 2/18/1950Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee Television and film actress who appeared in several films and then made the move to television. Her films…

Cybill Shepherd Biography

Cybill Shepherdactress, producerBorn: 2/18/1950Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee Television and film actress who appeared in several films and then made the move to television. Her films…