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Women Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism

See Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism at Infoplease.com for the full list of winners.Meritorious Public Service1918New York Times; also special award to Minna Kewinson and Henry Beetle Hough1991Des…

Counting Crows

rock band Rock band whose records include August and Everything After (1993), one of the bestselling albums of 1994, and Recovering the Satellites (1996). Formed by vocalist Adam Durtiz and…

Thomas CLAYTON, Congress, DE (1777-1854)

Senate Years of Service: 1824-1827; 1837-1847Party: Adams-Clay Federalist; Anti-Jacksonian; WhigCLAYTON, Thomas, (son of Joshua Clayton and cousin of John Middleton Clayton), a Representative…

U-V

U2Tracey UllmanLiv UllmannSkeet UlrichAmber VallettaAbigail Van BurenLee Van CleefJean-Claude Van DammeJames Van Der BeekAmy VanderbiltLuther VandrossMona Van DuynDick Van DykeVan HalenMelvin Van…

Women in Sports: Sailing

Krystyna Choynowski-Liskiewicz of Poland was the first woman to sail around the world solo. She accomplished this feat on March 28, 1976. Ellen…

Alan Arkin

actor, directorBorn: 3/26/1934Birthplace: New York City A stage and screen actor who won Academy Award nominations for Best Actor for his work in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (…

columnist

(Encyclopedia) columnist, the writer of an essay appearing regularly in a newspaper or periodical, usually under a constant heading. Although originally humorous, the column in many cases has…

muckrakers

(Encyclopedia) muckrakers, name applied to American journalists, novelists, and critics who in the first decade of the 20th cent. attempted to expose the abuses of business and the corruption in…

Irish Peace Process — Important People

Who Was Who in the Irish Peace Process Key Players behind the Good Friday Agreement by Ann Marie Imbornoni Confused about the the Irish peace process? Click here to read the…