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1998 Movie Awards

1998 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best PictureSaving Private RyanBest ActorIan McKellen, Gods and MonstersBest Actress (tie)Ally Sheedy, High Art Fernanda Montenegro, Central…

digital art

(Encyclopedia) digital art, contemporary art in which computer technology is used in a wide variety of ways to make distinctive works. Digital art was pioneered in the 1970s but only came into its…

Blackstone, Sir William

(Encyclopedia) Blackstone, Sir William, 1723–80, English jurist. At first unsuccessful in legal practice, he turned to scholarship and teaching. He became (1758) the first Vinerian professor of law…

utilitarianism

(Encyclopedia) utilitarianismutilitarianismy&oomacr;ˌtĭlĭtrˈēənĭzəm, y&oomacr;tĭˌ– [key], in ethics, the theory that the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined by its usefulness in…

2006 Olympics: Freestyle Skiing

A breathtaking and creative sport by Mike Morrison and Christine Frantz Related Links 2006 Winter Olympics 2006 Freestyle Skiing Medal Standings Freestyle Skiing Through the Years…

2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to drama to music Related Links Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and Newspaper Awards National…

2010 Olympics: Biathlon

A demanding combination of exertion and precision by Gerry Brown and Christine Frantz Related Links 2010 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern…

nonjurors

(Encyclopedia) nonjurors [Lat.,=not swearing], those English and Scottish clergymen who refused to break their oath of allegiance to James II and take the oath to William III after the Glorious…

Mill, James

(Encyclopedia) Mill, James, 1773–1836, British philosopher, economist, and historian, b. Scotland; father of John Stuart Mill. Educated as a clergyman at Edinburgh through the patronage of Sir John…