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Brewer's: Hills

Prayers were offered on the tops of high hills, and temples built on “high places,” from the notion that the gods, could better hear prayers on such places, as they were nearer heaven. As…

Mission Hill

WBFriday 8:00–8:30 p.m.; canceledVoices of:Wallace Langham, Vicki Lewis, and Scott Menville The only new animated series this season satirizes the slacker generation. Cartoonist Andy French (…

Graham Hill

Graham HillBorn: Feb. 15, 1929British auto racer 2-time Formula One world champion (1962,68); won Indy 500 in 1966; killed in plane crash; father of Damon.Died: Nov. 29, 1975Damon HillG -…

Phil Hill

Phil HillBorn: Apr. 20, 1927Auto racer first U.S. driver to win Formula One championship (1961); 3 career wins (1958-64).Graham HillG - JMartina Hingis

Damon Hill

Damon HillBorn: Sept. 17, 1960British auto racer 1996 Formula One champion; 22 F1 wins places him 10th all-time; retired following 1999 season.Foster HewittG - JGraham Hill

Hampton, Lionel

(Encyclopedia) Hampton, Lionel, 1908?–2002, African-American vibraphonist and bandleader, b. Louisville, Ky. When his family moved to Chicago c.1916, the young Hampton began playing drums in a…

Christian, Charlie

(Encyclopedia) Christian, Charlie (Charles Henry Christian), 1916–42, African-American jazz guitarist, b. Bonham, Tex. The son of a singer-guitarist father and pianist mother, he grew up in Oklahoma…

Lee, Peggy

(Encyclopedia) Lee, Peggy, 1920–2002, American singer and songwriter, b. Jamestown, N.D., as Norma Deloris Egstrom. Lee became famous for her singular voice—sexy, subtle, simultaneously smoky and…

Arafat

(Encyclopedia) ArafatArafatäräfätˈ [key] or ArafaArafaäräfäˈ [key], granite hill, Saudi Arabia, near Mecca. The hill was an ancient pagan sanctuary and is shrouded in many legends. It is a site for…

Malindidzimu Hill

(Encyclopedia) Malindidzimu HillMalindidzimu Hillmälĭnˌdēdzēˈm&oomacr; [key] or World's View, granite hill, SW Zimbabwe, 25 mi (40 km) S of Bulawayo. It was designated by Cecil Rhodes as the…