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2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards were presented on 8 January 2009 to honor the best in 2008 filmmaking. Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk Best Actress…

The Postman

Director: Kevin CostnerWriters:Eric Roth and Brian HelgelandDirector of Photography:Stephen WindonEditor:Peter BoyleMusic:James Newton HowardProduction Designer:Ida RandomProducers:Steve…

1945 Academy Awards

The 1945 Academy Awards were presented March 7, 1946 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.Best Motion PictureAnchors Aweigh (MGM)The Bells of St. Mary's (Rainbow Productions; RKO…

Rochester, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) RochesterRochesterrŏchˈĕstər, –ĭstər [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 70,745), seat of Olmsted co., SE Minn.; inc. 1858. It is a farm trade center, and its industries include printing and…

oratory

(Encyclopedia) oratory, the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which meant the art of composing as well as…

temperance movements

(Encyclopedia) temperance movements, organized efforts to induce people to abstain—partially or completely—from alcoholic beverages. Such movements occurred in ancient times, but ceased until the…

woman suffrage

(Encyclopedia) woman suffrage, the right of women to vote. Throughout the latter part of the 19th cent. the issue of women's voting rights was an important phase of feminism. On the European…

Dick Butkus

Dick ButkusBorn: Dec. 9, 1942Football LB 2-time All-America at Illinois (1963-64); All-Pro 7 of 9 NFL seasons with Chicago Bears; worked with XFL in 2001.Susan ButcherA - CDick Button