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1999 National Book Awards

The 50th Annual National Book Awards were presented November 17, 1999, at New York City's Marriott Marquis Hotel.Fiction:Waiting, Ha Jin (Pantheon)Nonfiction:Embracing Defeat: Japan in the…

Hanson Biography

HansonmusiciansBirthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa-based musical group who took over the pop airwaves with their 1997 major label debut, Middle of Nowhere, and accompanying hit single, “MMMBop…

A Whisper Of AIDS

by Mary Fisher Address To The Republican National Convention Less than three months ago, at platform hearings in Salt Lake City, I asked the Republican Party to lift the shroud of…

William Ballard PRESTON, Congress, VA (1805-1862)

PRESTON William Ballard , a Representative from Virginia; born in Smithfield, Va., November 25, 1805; graduated from Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Va., 1824; studied law and graduated…

Wrigley Field

Chicago, Ill.Designed in 1914 by Zachary Taylor Davis photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected Wrigley Field in Chicago, Ill…

Camp Stories

Director/Writer: Herb BeigelDirector of Photography:Paul GibsonEditor:Meg RetickerMusic:Roy NathansonProduction Designer:Deana SidneyProducers:Robin O'Hara and Scott MacaulayArtistic License…

Caleb Blood SMITH, Congress, IN (1808-1864)

SMITH Caleb Blood , a Representative from Indiana; born in Boston, Mass., April 16, 1808; moved with his parents to Ohio in 1814; attended Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1825-1826; studied law…

Millard FILLMORE, Congress, NY (1800-1874)

FILLMORE Millard , a Representative from New York, Vice President and 13th President of the United States; born in Locke Township (now Summerhill), Cayuga County, N.Y., January 7, 1800; reared on a…