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Stephen Rea

actorBorn: 10/31/1943Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland The lugubrious character actor began his career in fringe theatre in Ireland and England. In 1980, with playwright Brian Friel (Dancing at…

Thomas K. HARRIS, Congress, TN (1816)

HARRIS, Thomas K., a Representative from Tennessee; birth date unknown; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Sparta and McMinnville, Tenn.; trustee of Priestly Academy, Sparta…

America's Most Endangered Places

The Ellis Island Hospital in New York Harbor is among American sites most at risk America's Most Endangered Places America's Most Endangered Places 2011America's Most Endangered Places…

Soundgarden

rock groupBorn: 1984 Hiro Yamamoto (bass player) moved from Illinois to Olympia, Washington, to attend college in 1981. He started playing music with his roommate, Chris Cornell (drummer, lead…

Phoebe Cates

(Phoebe Katz)actressBorn: 7/16/1963Birthplace: New York City Originally a top teen model, she later moved into feature films aimed at teenage audiences, including Paradise (1982), Fast Times at…

Liam Neeson

(William Neeson)actorBorn: 6/7/1952Birthplace: Ballymena, Northern Ireland After two unsuccessful attempts at university life, Liam Neeson began to act on the stage at the prestigious Belfast Lyric…

Classical Mythology: Undying Love: Orpheus

Undying Love: OrpheusClassical MythologyWhat the Hell? Adventures in the UnderworldHades Takes a Wife: PersephoneThe Cunning Rogue: SisyphusThe Not-So-Heavenly Host: TantalusUndying Love: Orpheus…

freethinkers

(Encyclopedia) freethinkers, those who arrive at conclusions, particularly in questions of religion, by employing the rules of reason while rejecting supernatural authority or ecclesiastical…

Witherspoon, John

(Encyclopedia) Witherspoon, John, 1723–94, Scottish-American Presbyterian clergyman, political leader in the American Revolution, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Haddingtonshire (…