(Encyclopedia) Ayler, Albert, 1936-1970, free-jazz saxophonist, b. Cleveland, OH. Ayler was taught to play saxophone by his father, a semiprofessional musician, and the two often…
Lucier, Alvin Augustus, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Lucier, Alvin Augustus, Jr., 1931-2021, American experimental composer, b. Nashua, N.H., Yale Univ. (B.A., 1954), Brandeis Univ. (M.A…
News of the nation in 2008 from the financial crisis to the presidential election by Beth Rowen and Holly Miller Barack Obama Related Links 2008 Year in Review…
Senate Years of Service: 1862-1863Party: RepublicanARNOLD, Samuel Greene, (granduncle of Theodore Francis Green), a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Providence, R.I., April 12, 1821;…
Senate Years of Service: 1919-1925Party: RepublicanMcCORMICK, Joseph Medill, (husband of Ruth Hanna McCormick), a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., May 16,…
Below are the nominees in the directing category. This is the second directing nomination for Alejandro G. Iñárritu. He was previously nominated for the 2006 film Babel. This is…
Senate Years of Service: 1941-1949 Party: Democrat O’DANIEL, Wilbert Lee (Pappy), a Senator from Texas; born in Malta, Morgan County, Ohio, March 11, 1890; reared on a cattle ranch near…
Senate Years of Service: 1939-1953Party: RepublicanTOBEY, Charles William, a Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Roxbury, Mass., July 22, 1880; attended the public schools…
Senate Years of Service: 1946-1949; 1949-1962Party: Republican; RepublicanDWORSHAK, Henry Clarence, a Representative and a Senator from Idaho; born in Duluth, Minn., August 29, 1894; attended…
ELLIOTT, William, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Beaufort, Beaufort County, S.C., September 3, 1838; attended Beaufort College and Harvard University; studied law at the…
