Here are the results for the 2008 National Society of Film Critics Awards, given out January 4, 2009. Best Picture: Waltz With Bashir Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk Best…
Here are the results for the 2011 National Society of Film Critics Awards, given out January 7, 2012. Best Picture: Melancholia Best Actor: Brad Pitt, Moneyball, The Tree…
(Encyclopedia) Antunes, António Lobo, 1942–, Portuguese novelist. Trained as a physician, he was a field hospital doctor in Angola in the 1960s and later worked in a children's cancer hospital; both…
Below is a complete list of the Asian-American and Pacific Islanders in the 111th Congress. There are six members in the House of Representatives and two in the Senate. State…
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of historical biographiesBorn: 1/4/1943Birthplace: Rockville Centre, New York Goodwin has won wide praise for her meticulous, in-depth research and her ability to…
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Boris (Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson), 1964–, British political leader, b. New York City, grad. Oxford (1986). While at Oxford Johnson was president of the prestigious…
Senate Years of Service: 1971-1993Party: DemocratBENTSEN, Lloyd Millard, Jr., (uncle of Ken Bentsen), a Representative and a Senator from Texas; born in Mission, Tex., February 11, 1921;…
HECHLER, Kenneth William, a Representative from West Virginia; born near Roslyn, Long Island, N.Y., September 20, 1914; graduated from Roslyn High School, Roslyn, N.Y., 1931; A.B., Swarthmore…
