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Review: Head Over Heels (2001)

Director: Mark Waters Writers: Ron Burch and David Kidd Universal Pictures; PG-13; 87 minutes Release: 2/01 Cast: Monica Potter, Freddie Prinze Jr., China Chow Suspense…

Cross, Wilbur Lucius

(Encyclopedia) Cross, Wilbur Lucius, 1862–1948, American educator and public official, b. Mansfield, Conn., grad. Yale (B.A., 1885; Ph.D., 1889). He was instructor (1894–97), assistant professor (…

Hamilton, Sir William, Scottish philosopher

(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, Sir William, 1788–1856, Scottish philosopher. He was widely interested in law, physiology, and literature and was professor of history and philosophy at the Univ. of…

Graham, Philip Leslie

(Encyclopedia) Graham, Philip Leslie, 1915–63, American publisher, b. S.Dak. After editing the Harvard Law Review, he served as a law clerk to his mentor, Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. In…

White, William Alanson

(Encyclopedia) White, William Alanson, 1870–1937, American psychiatrist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., studied at Cornell (1885–89) and Long Island Hospital Medical School (M.D., 1891). In 1892 he joined the…

Dana, Richard Henry

(Encyclopedia) Dana, Richard Henry, 1787–1879, American poet and essayist, b. Cambridge, Mass.; son of Francis Dana. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1811. Critic and poet, Dana was…

bear, in zoology

(Encyclopedia) bear, large mammal of the family Ursidae in the order Carnivora, found almost exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere. Bears have large heads, bulky bodies, massive hindquarters, short…

López, Vicente Fidel

(Encyclopedia) López, Vicente FidelLópez, Vicente Fidelvēsānˈtā fēᵺālˈ [key]López, Vicente Fidel lōˈpās [key], 1815–1903, Argentine historian, journalist, and politician; son of Vicente López y…

Dworkin, Ronald Myles

(Encyclopedia) Dworkin, Ronald Myles, 1931–2013, American legal philosopher. b. Worcester, Mass. A professor at Yale (1962–75), Oxford (1969–98), New York Univ. (1975–2013), and University College…