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Kluckhohn, Clyde Kay Maben

(Encyclopedia) Kluckhohn, Clyde Kay MabenKluckhohn, Clyde Kay Mabenklŭckˈhōn [key], 1905–60, American anthropologist, b. LeMars, Iowa, grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1928, M.A. Oxford, 1932, Ph.D. Harvard…

Norton, Charles Eliot

(Encyclopedia) Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, American scholar and teacher, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1846. As professor of the history of art at Harvard (1875–98) and as a man of…

Villaurrutia, Xavier

(Encyclopedia) Villaurrutia, XavierVillaurrutia, Xavierhävēˈār vēˌyä&oomacr;r&oomacr;ˈtyä [key], 1903–50, Mexican poet and playwright. Villaurrutia was deeply influenced by Ramón López…

The Gap Year

A growing trend among American students by Elizabeth Olson Related Links Bad Advice for New Graduates Cost of Higher Education Distinctive Destinations for…

Rookie of the Year

Pop's Tots Do Battle, Napster Courts the Big Guys By Kevin O'Hare WHETHER SPINNING the dials or scanning the charts, it sometimes seemed like the entire world of music had been whittled down to…

The Glory Years

      Satchel Paige, credited with 55 no-hitters, was the first Negro League star to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. In 1933, Negro League baseball finally got the…

Rookies of the Year

NFLWarrick Dunn, Tampa Bay, RBPFWA, TSNAFCCorey Dillon, Cincinnati, RBNFLPANFCWarrick DunnNFLPAOffenseWarrick DunnAP, PFWADefensePeter Boulware, Baltimore, LBAP, PFWADefensive Player of the…

Manager of the Year

Manager of the Year Voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Two awards (one for each league) presented since 1983. Note that (*) indicates manager's team won division…

Brewer's: Year

Annus magnus. The Chaldaic astronomers observed that the fixed stars shift their places at about the rate of a degree in seventy-two years, according to which calculation they will perform…

Rookies of the Year

NFLRandy Moss, Minnesota, WRTSN, PFWA, Progressive/NFLOffenseRandy Moss, Minnesota, WRAP, PFWADefenseCharles Woodson, Oakland, CBAP, PFWADefensive Player of the YearAnnual AwardsCoach of the…