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Johnson, Randy

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Randy (Randall David Johnson), 1963–, American baseball player, b. Walnut Creek, Calif. After pitching for the Univ. of Southern California, Johnson signed with the Montreal…

Boswell, James

(Encyclopedia) Boswell, James, 1740–95, Scottish author, b. Edinburgh; son of a distinguished judge. At his father's insistence the young Boswell reluctantly studied law. Admitted to the bar in 1766…

Gary Adams 2000 Deaths

Gary AdamsAge: 56 founder of the Taylor Made Golf Co. in 1979 and golf club innovator known as “the father of the metal wood”; National Golf Foundation Man of the Year in 1984; honored by PGA…

Gary Graham, 2000 News

36, convicted killer, was executed in June in Austin, Texas, despite a high-profile, last-ditch effort for clemency. Graham was convicted in 1981, based on the testimony of one eyewitness…

Gary Nardino 1998 Deaths

Gary Nardinotelevision executive A former executive of Paramount, Orion Television Entertainment and most recently of Warner Brothers Television, Nardino was instrumental in putting popular…

Gary, IN, Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units43,630100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached29,13966.81-unit, attached1,9774.52 units2,9556.83 or 4 units2,4595.65 to 9 units2,0924.810 to 19 units9022.120 or…

Browning, Orville Hickman

(Encyclopedia) Browning, Orville Hickman, 1806–81, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1866–69), b. Harrison co., Ky. One of the organizers of the Republican party in Illinois, Browning helped secure his…

Johnson, Uwe

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, UweJohnson, Uweüˈvā yônˈzôn [key], 1934–84, German novelist. Johnson's works explore the complex effects on the average German of the postwar division of their nation, both…

Johnson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Robert, 1911–38, African-American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, b. Hazelhurst, Miss. A sharecropper's son, he grew up absorbing the music of Delta bluesmen,…