television producerBorn: 1911Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A broadcasting executive who developed radio documentaries on social and political issues, Saudek is best remembered for producing…
DAVIS, Susan A., a Representative from California; born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., April 13, 1944; B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1965; M.S. W., University of North…
Today's pep rallies, yesterday's battlegrounds by Beth Rowen Protesters Shannon Collins and Olivia Christian at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith Related…
(Encyclopedia) Victoria Land, part of E Antarctica, S of New Zealand; Cape Adare is to the northeast. Bounded on the E by the Ross Sea and on the W by Wilkes Land, it consists of ranges of the…
AIDS researcher Born: 11/3/1952 Birthplace: Taichung, Taiwan When David Ho was three years old his father traveled to America in search of a better life for his family. He was away for nine years…
(William Patrick Muldoon, III)actor, modelBorn: 9/27/1969Birthplace: San Pedro, California Posing for the “Men of USC” calendar during the late 1980s prompted Patrick Muldoon to begin modeling.…
CLOVER, Benjamin Hutchinson, a Representative from Kansas; born near Jefferson, Franklin County, Ohio, December 22, 1837; attended the common schools; moved to Kansas in 1871 and located in…
(Encyclopedia) Sessions, Roger, 1896–1985, American composer and teacher, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Sessions was a pupil of Horatio Parker at Yale and of Ernest Bloch. He taught (1917–21) at Smith, leaving…
(Encyclopedia) universals, in philosophy, term applied to general or abstract objects such as concepts, qualities, relations, and numbers, as opposed to particular objects. The exact nature of a…
(Encyclopedia) Barbour, JohnBarbour, Johnbärˈbər [key], c.1316?–1395, Scottish poet. He was archdeacon of Aberdeen from 1355 until his death. His romance, The Bruce (1375), celebrating Scotland's…
