(Encyclopedia) Rushdie, Sir SalmanRushdie, Sir Salmansälmänˈ r&oomacr;shˈdē [key], 1947–, British novelist, b. Bombay (now Mumbai, India). He is known for the allusive richness of his language…
actorBorn: 4/5/1952Birthplace: Portland, Oregon After a recurring guest role on Dallas as Morrisey (1978), he landed guest spots on China Beach (1988) and Alien Nation (1989). He had several minor…
Men 3m Springboard: 1. Xiong Ni, CHN (701.46 pts); 2. Yu Zhuocheng, CHN (690.93); 3. Mark Lenzi, USA (686.49). 10m Platform: 1. Dmitri Saoutine, RUS (692.34 pts); 2. Jan Hempel, GER (663.27); 3.…
union negotiatorDied: Nov. 17, 2007 (Brookline, Massachusetts) Best Known as: Chief negotiator for General Motors employees Chief negotiator for General Motors…
(Encyclopedia) ChattahoocheeChattahoocheechătˌəh&oomacr;ˈchē [key], river, 436 mi (702 km) long, rising in N Ga., and flowing generally SW to the Ala.-Ga. border and then S along it to join the…
(Encyclopedia) epigram, a short, polished, pithy saying, usually in verse, often with a satiric or paradoxical twist at the end. The term was originally applied by the Greeks to the inscriptions on…
(Encyclopedia) Gide, CharlesGide, Charlesshärl [key]Gide, Charles zhēd [key], 1847–1932, French economist. A professor at the universities of Bordeaux, Montpellier, and Paris, Gide was an expert on…
(Encyclopedia) functionalism, in art and architecture, an aesthetic doctrine developed in the early 20th cent. out of Louis Henry Sullivan's aphorism that form ever follows function. Functionalist…
(Encyclopedia) Leinsdorf, ErichLeinsdorf, Erichĕrˈĭkh līzˈdôrf, līntsˈ– [key], 1912–93, American conductor, b. Vienna. Leinsdorf studied at the Vienna state academy of music and in 1934 began his…
