rock group Close friends and family make for close harmonies in this a cappella group named for an Orlando, Florida fleamarket. Their album, Backstreet Boys (1996) made a splash overseas a full two…
(Encyclopedia) Morricone, Ennio, 1928–2020, Italian composer. Most famous for his film scores for 1960s spaghetti westerns, he also composed for comedies, historical dramas, and thrillers. Combining…
rock band Matchbox 20's debut, Yourself or Someone Like You (1996) was a bit late to the grunge-rock party defined by early-90's acts like Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam. Yet the band's…
alternative rock band Creed dominated the late '90s commercial rock scene, selling more than 20 million albums while blending uplifting melodies with an edgy lyrical perspective. While emphatically…
(Encyclopedia) Esaki, Leo, 1925–, Japanese physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Tokyo, 1959. Esaki was a researcher with IBM from 1960 until his retirement in 1992. He then served (1992–98) as president of the…
Born: Feb. 3, 1945Football QB 2-time All-Pro (1971,77); led Miami to undefeated season (17-0) in 1972 and consecutive Super Bowl titles (1973-74); father of Brian.
First Place: $100,000 scholarship, Shivani Sud, 17, of Durham, North Carolina for a bioinformatics and genomics project that focused on identifying stage II colon…
(Encyclopedia) Giaever, Ivar, 1929–, Norwegian-American physicist, Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1964. He was a researcher at General Electric from 1954 to 1988, when he joined the faculty…
