Search

Search results

Displaying 41 - 50

Playing Hardball with Terrorism

1998 News of the Nation The Clinton Administration demonstrated an atypically aggressive response toward terrorism after an assault on two U.S. embassies in Africa. On Aug. 7, the U.S.…

prostate cancer

(Encyclopedia) prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignancies in men in the United States, second only to skin cancer, and as a…

September 2006 Disasters

Sept. 13, Damascus, Syria: an attack by four gunman on the American embassy was foiled as three of the men were killed and one captured.Sept. 22, Ky.: heavy rains triggered floods in fifteen…

Two Can Play That Game

Director/Writer:Mark BrownScreen Gems; R; 90 minutesRelease:9/01Cast:Vivica Fox, Morris Chestnut, Anthony Anderson Two Can Play That Game takes place in a near-mythic, near-perfect L.A. where…

Beautiful Creatures

Director: Bill Eagles Writer: Simon Donald Universal Focus; R; 86 minutes Release: 4/01 Cast: Rachel Weisz, Susan Lynch Beautiful Creatures is a new British film that…

Pokemon: The First Movie

Director:Kunihiko YuyamaWriter:Takeshi ShudoWarner Bros.; G; 90 minutesRelease:11/99Voices of:Veronica Taylor, Philip Bartlett As Pokemon achieves cultlike status in the hearts and minds of…

June 2005 Disasters

June, Southern China: widespread flooding for the month of June, particularly in southern China, killed 536 people. In addition the floods damaged dikes, reservoirs, roads, rail lines, and…

January 2002 Disasters

Jan. 17–18, Goma, Dem. Rep. of Congo: Rivers of molten lava poured from Nyiragongo volcano, wiping out at least a dozen villages and engulfing the city of Goma. An estimated 300,000–500,000…

Destiny's Child

Survivor Columbia While their new album title may be a cliché, in this case, Destiny's Child can be forgiven. After surviving soap opera headlines, lawsuits, firings, bickering, and all-around…

Tommy Lee

Never a Dull MomentMCA It'd be mighty tough to make anyone actually long for the halcyon days of Motley Crue, but with this album, the band's ex-drummer Tommy Lee has actually accomplished…