screenwriter, directorBorn: 9/10/1958Birthplace: Spangler, Pennsylvania Having written a number of highly successful screenplays appealing to children and adults alike, including Gremlins (1984),…
(Encyclopedia) Clark, Tom Campbell, 1899–1977, U.S. attorney general (1945–49), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1949–67), b. Dallas, Tex.; father of Ramsey Clark. He received his law…
(John Townes Van Zandt)songwriter, singerBorn: 3/7/1944Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas Van Zandt recorded 15 albums, none of them chart-busting hits, but his influence among other musicians has been…
GREEN, Raymond Eugene (Gene), a Representative from Texas; born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., October 17, 1947; B.B.A., University of Houston, Houston, Tex., 1971; attended University of…
GREEN, Raymond Eugene (Gene), a Representative from Texas; born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., October 17, 1947; B.B.A., University of Houston, Houston, Tex., 1971; attended University of…
CARTER, John R., a Representative from Texas; born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., on November 6, 1941; graduated from Bellaire High School, Houston, Tex., 1960; B.A., Texas Tech University, Lubock…
REED, William, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Marblehead, Mass., June 6, 1776; received a limited education; engaged in mercantile pursuits; elected as a Federalist to the…
(Encyclopedia) Feld, Eliot, 1942–, American dancer and choreographer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. As a teenager he danced in musicals, notably West Side Story on Broadway and film, and on television. While a…
(Encyclopedia) Ivanov, LevIvanov, Levlyĕf ēväˈnôf [key], 1834–1901, Russian dancer, teacher, choreographer, and ballet-master. Ivanov was assistant to chief ballet-master Marius Petipa at the…
