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1974 Grammy Awards

Record of the Year“I Honestly Love You,” Olivia Newton-JohnAlbum of the YearFulfillingness' First Finale, Stevie Wonder (Tamla/Motown)Song of the Year“The Way We Were,” Marilyn and Alan Bergman and…

Harry Potter: the Last Book

Will Rowling kill off "the whole lot"? by Borgna Brunner and Shmuel Ross Related Links Movie Quiz: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Goblet of Fire Review Harry Potter…

The Economist's Toolbox: Introduction

IntroductionThe Economist's ToolboxIntroductionNumbers Please: Economic DataWatch Out!Virtually all aspects of economic activity can be measured, and most of them are. As you've seen, consumer…

Fama, Eugene Francis

(Encyclopedia) Fama, Eugene Francis, 1939–, 1939–, U.S. economist, b. Boston, Mass., grad. Univ. of Chicago (M.B.A. 1963, Ph.D. 1964). He has taught at the Univ. of Chicago's Graduate School of…

Highsmith, Patricia

(Encyclopedia) Highsmith, Patricia, 1921–95, American novelist, b. Fort Worth, Tex., as Mary Patricia Plangman, grad. Barnard College (B.A. 1942). She first traveled to Europe in 1949 and moved there…

Haneke, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Haneke, MichaelHaneke, Michaelhäˈnəkə [key], 1942–, Austrian film director and screenwriter, b. Munich, Germany. In the 1970s and 80s, he wrote and directed for television and the…

Munsey, Frank Andrew

(Encyclopedia) Munsey, Frank AndrewMunsey, Frank Andrewmŭnˈsē [key], 1854–1925, American publisher and author, b. Mercer, Maine. In 1882 he quit a telegraph operator's job in Maine to begin a career…

Mark, Gospel according to

(Encyclopedia) Mark, Gospel according to, 2d book of the New Testament. The shortest of the four Gospels and probably the earliest, it is usually thought to have been composed shortly before the…