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Hagel, Chuck

(Encyclopedia) Hagel, Chuck (Charles Timothy Hagel), 1946–, U.S. politician and government official, b. North Platte, Nebr. He served (1967–68) in the infantry in the Vietnam War, receiving several…

The Books of the Bible

Below is the Protestant canon of the Bible (New Revised Standard Version). The Roman Catholic canon also includes the Deuterocanonical books as part of the Old Testament (these are considered…

Princess Anne

(Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor)Princess RoyalBorn: 8/15/1950Birthplace: London, England The second child of Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Anne has shed her adolescent…

Kaine, Tim

(Encyclopedia) Kaine, Tim (Timothy Michael Kaine), 1958–, U.S. politician, b. St. Paul, Minn., B.A. Univ. of Missouri, 1979, J.D. Harvard, 1983. After a clerkship, he was a lawyer in private practice…

Tim McGraw

(Samuel Timothy McGraw)country singerBorn: 5/1/1967Birthplace: Delhi, Louisiana McGraw began his singing career in local clubs near his home. His first major single, “Indian Outlaw” (1993), topped…

Elizabeth McGovern

actressBorn: 7/18/1961Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois McGovern's first appearance in film—opposite Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People (1980)—won critical and popular acclaim. She was nominated for…

Nurse, Sir Paul Maxime

(Encyclopedia) Nurse, Sir Paul Maxime, 1949–, British biochemist, Ph.D. Univ. of East Anglia, 1973. Nurse was associated with the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (now Cancer Research UK London Research…

Winona Ryder

(Winona Laura Horowitz)actressBorn: 10/29/1971Birthplace: Winona, Minnesota Having grown up on a commune with hippie parents and godfather Timothy Leary, Ryder had ample opportunity to observe the…

Uma Thurman

actressBorn: 4/29/1970Birthplace: Boston Noted nearly as much for her counterculture upbringing (Timothy Leary was her godfather) as for her acting ability, Thurman moved to New York City at 15 to…