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1996 Men's Olympic Cycling Medalists

Mountain Bike Cross Country (47.7 km): 1. Bart Jan Brentjens, NET (2:17:38); 2. Thomas Frischknecht, SWI (2:20:14); 3. Miguel Martinez, FRA (2:20:36). Road Individual Road Race (225 km): 1.…

Gates McFadden Biography

Gates McFadden(Jesse Stuart Gates, Cheryl McFadden, Cheryl Gates McFadden)actress, dancer, choreographerBorn: 3/2/1949Birthplace: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Gates McFadden is most readily…

Kirstein, Lincoln

(Encyclopedia) Kirstein, LincolnKirstein, Lincolnkûrˈstīn, kĭrˈ– [key], 1907–96, American dance and theater executive and writer, b. Rochester, N.Y. One of the most significant figures in 20th cent.…

balance of trade

(Encyclopedia) balance of trade, relation between the merchandise exports and imports of a country. The concept first became important in the 16th and 17th cent. with the growth of mercantilism.…

Unforgotten: 25 Years After Willowbrook

Director: Jack FisherWriter: Stuart WarmflashDirectors of Photography:Eric Lau, Mark Kroll, Alan McPheely and Richard MauroEditors:Constantine Limperis, Matthew Mallinsen and Shelly…

Under the Skin

Director/Writer:Carine AdlerDirector of Photography:Barry AckroydEditor:Ewa J. LindMusic:Ilona SekaczProduction Designer:John Paul KellyProducer:Kate OgbornArrow Entertainment; R; 81…

Glen Hearst TAYLOR, Congress, ID (1904-1984)

Senate Years of Service: 1945-1951 Party: Democrat TAYLOR Glen Hearst , a Senator from Idaho; born in Portland, Oreg., April 12, 1904; moved to a homestead near Kooskia, Idaho, as a child; attended…

Nils Pederson HAUGEN, Congress, WI (1849-1931)

HAUGEN Nils Pederson , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Modum, Norway, March 9, 1849; immigrated to the United States in 1854 with his parents, who settled in Pierce County, Wis., in 1855…

M. Night Shyamalan Biography

M. Night Shyamalanfilm director and screenwriterBorn: 8/6/1970Birthplace: Tamil-Nadu, India Shyamalan was a virtual unknown when The Sixth Sense arrived in movie theaters in 1999. The film,…

Cabinet Members Under Fillmore

Secretary of State Daniel Webster, 1850Edward Everett, 1852Secretary of the Treasury Thomas Corwin, 1850Secretary of War Charles M. Conrad, 1850Attorney General John J. Crittenden,…