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Murray Burnett Biography

Murray Burnettwriter, high school teacherBorn: 1911 He co-wrote (with Joan Alison) Everybody Comes to Rick's, an unproduced play that was bought by Warner Brothers for the unprecedented sum of $20,…

Mark Burnett Biography

Mark Burnettcreator of SurvivorBorn: 1960?Birthplace: England Burnett is responsible for the television phenomenon of 2000, Survivor—an experiment in social Darwinism, in which contestants…

Carol Burnett Biography

Carol Burnettcomedienne, actressBorn: 4/26/1933Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas Emmy Award-winning television, film and stage comedienne. She starred in the Carol Burnett Show (1967–78) and appeared…

bone marrow

(Encyclopedia) bone marrow, soft tissue filling the spongy interiors of animal bones. Red marrow is the principal organ that forms blood cells in mammals, including humans (see blood). In children,…

bone black

(Encyclopedia) bone black, solid black material, largely carbon, produced by heating animal bones to high temperatures in the absence of air so as to drive off volatile substances. Finely divided…

Bones McKinney Biography

Bones McKinneyAge: 78 former Wake Forest basketball coach who coached from 1958–65 and led the Deacons to two their first two ACC titles and an appearance in the Final Four in 1962; known…

Walker, T-Bone

blues singerBirthplace: Linden, Tex.Born: 1910Died: 1975

Anatomy and
Physiology: The Bones

The BonesAnatomy and PhysiologyThe BonesThe Parts of a BoneThat's the Long and Short of ItThe More Things Change …Now with a Self-Repairing Option! Skeleton is an interesting word; big fat…

Brewer's: Herring-bone

(in building). Courses of stone laid angularly, thus: Also applied to strutting placed between thin jcists to increase their strength. Also a peculiar stitch in needlework, chiefly used…

Brewer's: Aitch-bone

of beef. Corruption of “Naitch-bone,” i.e. the haunch-bone (Latin, nates, a haunch or buttock). Similarly, “an apron” is a corruption of a napperon; “an adder” is a corruption of a nadder…