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Saladin

(Encyclopedia) SaladinSaladinsălˈədĭn [key], Arabic Salah ad-Din, 1137?–1193, Muslim warrior and Ayyubid sultan of Egypt, the great opponent of the Crusaders, b. Mesopotamia, of Kurdish descent. He…

short story

(Encyclopedia) short story, brief prose fiction. The term covers a wide variety of narratives—from stories in which the main focus is on the course of events to studies of character, from the “short…

Scott, Sir Walter

(Encyclopedia) Scott, Sir Walter, 1771–1832, Scottish novelist and poet, b. Edinburgh. He is considered the father of both the regional and the historical novel. Scott's narrative poems…

Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of

(Encyclopedia) Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of, feudal state created by leaders of the First Crusade (see Crusades) in the areas they had wrested from the Muslims in Syria and Palestine. In 1099, after…

The Strip

UPNTuesday 9:00–10:00 p.m.; canceledCast:Sean Patrick Flanery, Guy Torry, and Joe Viterelli Two former Las Vegas cops (Flanery and Torry) take jobs as security officers for a billionaire…

Jack & Jill

WBSunday 9:00–10:00 p.m.Cast:Ivan Sergei, Amanda Peet, Jaime Pressly, Simon Rex, and Sarah Paulson Jack (Peet) and Jill (Sergei) meet cute in their apartment building and sparks fly. The…

John Roberts, 2005 News

judge, was nominated by President Bush in July to replace Sandra Day O'Connor as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. By all accounts, the Harvard-educated, deeply religious…

Tom Poston Biography

actorDied: April 30, 2007 (Los Angeles, California) Best Known as: actor in Steve Allen's "man on the street" Emmy-winning actor who specialized in playing…