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Sicilian Vespers

(Encyclopedia) Sicilian Vespers, in Italian history, name given the rebellion staged by the Sicilians against the Angevin French domination of Sicily; the rebellion broke out at Palermo at the start…

Hopper, Grace

(Encyclopedia) Hopper, Grace, 1906–92, American computer scientist, b. New York City as Grace Brewster Murray. She was educated at Vassar College and Yale (Ph.D., 1934). After teaching at Vassar (…

Millett, Kate

(Encyclopedia) Millett, Kate (Katharine Murray Millett), 1934–2017, American feminist author and activist, b. St. Paul, Minn., B.A. Univ. of Minn., 1956, M.A. Oxford, 1958, Ph.D. Columbia, 1968. Her…

Judd, Donald Clarence

(Encyclopedia) Judd, Donald Clarence, 1928–94, American artist, b. Excelsior Springs, Mo. His sculpture, allied with the minimalist school of the late 1960s (see minimalism; modern art), has the…

1982 Radio & Records All-Time Charts

1982 Radio & Records All-Time ChartsAC“Ebony and Ivory” Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder (Columbia)“Hard to Say I'm Sorry” Chicago (Full Moon/Warner Bros.)“Love Will Turn You Around”…

Fall Film Preview, 1998, Part 3

Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey in Touchstone's adaptation of Toni Morrison's BelovedSeveral fall films take their cues from classics like It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and channel otherworldly…