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A fine way to beat the heat and be entertained Beyond Silence German director Caroline Link's debut is a touching, engaging exploration of the relationship between deaf parents (Howie Seago and…

1995-96 Season: Bowl MVPs

Most Valuable Player, Offensive and Defensive Players of the Game, and Team MVP selections in all 18 bowl games following the 1995 season. PosAlamoOff-- Kyle Bryant, Texas A&MPK Def--…

North Carolina: Temperature Extremes

MonthMaximum°FYearPlaceMinimum°FYearPlaceJan.861932Kinston–341985Mt. MitchellFeb.881962New Bern–231958Mt. MitchellMarch1001907Southern Pines–151964Mt. MitchellApril1001990Lewiston11944Mt.…

1936 Academy Awards

The 1936 Academy Awards were presented March 4, 1937 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.Outstanding ProductionAnthony Adverse (Warner Bros.)Dodsworth (Goldwyn; United Artists)The Great…

Mulready, William

(Encyclopedia) Mulready, WilliamMulready, Williamməlrĕdˈē [key], 1786–1863, Irish genre painter. He began as a drawing master and an illustrator of children's books. After 1809 he devoted himself to…

Nonesuch Press

(Encyclopedia) Nonesuch Press, private press founded in London in 1922 by Francis Meynell and David Garnett. Unlike most private presses, Nonesuch designs the books it publishes on its own small…

Maclay, William

(Encyclopedia) Maclay, WilliamMaclay, Williamməklāˈ [key], 1734–1804, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1789–91), b. Chester co., Pa. A lawyer and a provincial and state official before serving as…

Lipscomb, William Nunn, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Lipscomb, William Nunn, Jr.Lipscomb, William Nunn, Jr.lĭpˈskəm [key], 1919–2011, American physical chemist, b. Cleveland, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1946. A professor of…

Anson, Sir William Reynell

(Encyclopedia) Anson, Sir William ReynellAnson, Sir William Reynellrānĕlˈ [key], 1843–1914, English jurist. He was a founder of the school of law at the Univ. of Oxford. From 1899 to his death he sat…