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Oberlin, Russell Keys

(Encyclopedia) Oberlin, Russell Keys, 1928–2016, American countertenor, b. Akron, Ohio, grad. Juilliard, 1951. A boy soprano, he sang in his church choir and on the radio, and won a nationwide radio…

2005 Intel Science Talent Search Winners

First Place: $100,000 scholarship, David Lawrence Vigliarolo Bauer, 17, Hunter College High School, Bronx, N.Y., for developing a sensor for rapidly detecting individual exposure to toxic…

Color and Fashion

A colorful world is a world of meaning because people have always used color as symbols. Here are some of the ways fashion and color have connected.Red The Aztecs of Mexico taught the Spanish how…

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Are the Indiana Jones films historically accurate? by Mark Hughes Related Links Special Effects Archeology Ancient History World War II The Holocaust   In…

Eskimos

The Eskimos are the most widely dispersed group in the world still leading a partly aboriginal way of life. They live in a region that spans more than 3,500 miles, including Greenland, the northern…

McCullers, Carson

(Encyclopedia) McCullers, Carson, 1917–67, American novelist, b. Columbus, Ga. as Lula Carson Smith, studied at Columbia. The central theme of her novels is the spiritual isolation that underlies the…

Lyly, John

(Encyclopedia) Lyly or Lilly, JohnLyly or Lilly, Johnboth: lĭlˈē [key], 1554?–1606, English dramatist and prose writer. An accomplished courtier, he also served as a member of Parliament from 1589 to…

Figures and Legends in American Folklore

Appleseed, Johnny (John Chapman, 1774–1847): Massachusetts-born nurseryman; reputed to have spread seeds and seedlings out of which grew the apple orchards of the Midwest. Billy the Kid (William…

Movies and Film: Some Films Worth Viewing

Some Films Worth ViewingMovies and FilmHow a Film is MadeDevelopment: Birth of a NotionPreproductionThe Big ProductionPostproductionSome Films Worth Viewing These films concentrate on the process…