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1969 CMA Awards

Entertainer of the YearJohnny CashSingle of the Year“A Boy Named Sue,” Johnny CashAlbum of the YearJohnny Cash at San Quentin Prison, Johnny Cash (Columbia)Song of the Year (Songwriter's Award)“…

Code Napoléon

(Encyclopedia) Code NapoléonCode Napoléonkôd näpôlāôNˈ [key] or Code CivilCode Napoléonsēvēlˈ [key], first modern legal code of France, promulgated by Napoleon I in 1804. The work of J. J. Cambacérès…

Schopenhauer, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Schopenhauer, ArthurSchopenhauer, Arthurärˈt&oobreve;r shōˈpənhouˌər [key], 1788–1860, German philosopher, b. Danzig (now Gdansk). The bias of his own temperament and experience…

Sexual Harassment

In a 1992 survey of girls in grades 2 through 12, 89% of the respondents said they had been targets of unwanted sexual gestures, looks, or comments. What's the difference between flirting and…

Sheridan DOWNEY, Congress, CA (1884-1961)

Senate Years of Service: 1939-1950Party: DemocratDOWNEY, Sheridan, (son of Stephen Wheeler Downey), a Senator from California; born in Laramie, Albany County, Wyo., March 11, 1884; attended…

Lawyer

What is this job like? People and companies hire lawyers to give them advice and to tell them what they can and can't do under the law. Sometimes, they hire lawyers to take their side in court…

The Red Cross & Crescent

The Question: When was the Red Crescent Society founded? The Answer: Swiss businessman Jean Henri Dunant founded what would eventually become the International…

2007 Drama Desk Awards

The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards on May 20, 2007. Outstanding Play Tom Stoppard, The…

1996 World History

Ella Fitzgerald (1918–1996) Archive Photos Madeleine Albright (1937– ) U.S. State Department Kofi Annan (1938– ) United Nations   1996 U.S. budget crisis in fourth…