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Clifton HillegassAge: 83 publisher who created Cliffs Notes, the popular series of study guides to literature. The yellow-and-black-covered books have been used by millions of students for a…William Wyler Biography
William WylerdirectorBorn: 7/1/1902Birthplace: Alsace, France Academy Award-winning director credited with adding a new level of maturity to American films during the 1940s and 1950s. His films…Samuel Goldwyn Biography
Samuel Goldwyn(Samuel Goldfish)film producerBorn: 7/1879Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland After emigrating to America at age 13 and a brief career in glovemaking and sales, he partnered with Cecil B.…Janet McTeer Biography
Janet McTeeractressBorn: 1962Birthplace: York, England An acclaimed British stage actress, McTeer made her big-screen debut in 1986's Half Moon Street. Although she appeared in several other…Dorothy Height Biography
civil rights activistBorn: 3/24/1912Died: 4/20/2010Best Known as: president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) Dorothy Height helped shape and guide the…Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon(Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson)actressBorn: 2/19/1911Birthplace: Bombay, India Regal and stylish, Oberon played bit parts in the British film industry before her future husband, producer…Merle Oberon Biography
Merle Oberon(Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson)actressBorn: 2/19/1911Birthplace: Bombay, India Regal and stylish, Oberon played bit parts in the British film industry before her future husband, producer…Golan
(Encyclopedia) GolanGolangōˈlən [key], in the Bible, refuge city, located in the tribal territory of Manasseh E of the Jordan; it was also a levitical city. Golan gives its name to the rocky plateau…Eiffel Tower
(Encyclopedia) Eiffel Tower, structure designed by A. G. Eiffel and erected in the Champ-de-Mars for the Paris exposition of 1889. The tower is 984 ft (300 m) high and consists of an iron framework…Muskogee
(Encyclopedia) MuskogeeMuskogeemŭskōˈgē [key], city (1990 pop. 37,708), seat of Muskogee co., E Okla., near the junction of the Arkansas, Verdigris, and Grand rivers; inc. 1898. It is an important…Trending
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