COASTAL EROSIONSEA-LEVEL CHANGEFIND OUT MORECoasts, which form the boundary between land and ocean, receive a constant battering from the wind and waves. In calm weather, the water merely…
PARASITIC FLUKEA LONG LIFEMETAMORPHOSISFIND OUT MOREThe life cycle of an animal consists of all the stages from the start of one generation to the beginning of the next. For many insects, it…
one of jazz's most influential female singersBorn: 3/27/1924Birthplace: Newark, N.J. Best known for her operatic range, Vaughan was a pioneer in the use of bebop phrasing in popular songs. She…
(Wesley Earl Craven)director, producer, screenwriterBorn: 8/2/1939Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio A humanities professor turned horror-film maker, he is best known for creating the Nightmare on Elm…
Stanley Earl Kramer film directorBorn: 9/29/1913Birthplace: New York City film producer and director whose socially aware films covered such topics as race, juvenile delinquency, and Nazi war…
(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, Mark, 1802–87, American educator, b. Stockbridge, Mass., grad. Williams, 1824, and Berkshire Medical School, 1829. After a few months of medical practice he returned (1830) to…
(Encyclopedia) Leslie, Frank, 1821–80, American engraver and publisher, b. England. He learned his trade on the Illustrated London News, but in 1848 immigrated to New York City, where in 1855 he…
(Encyclopedia) Schlesinger, James Rodney, 1929–2014, U.S. secretary of defense (1973–75) and secretary of energy (1977–79), b. New York City. After graduating from Harvard (A.B., 1950; A.M., 1952; Ph…
