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1951 Academy Awards

The 1951 Academy Awards were presented March 20, 1952 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.Best Motion PictureAn American in Paris, Arthur Freed, producer (MGM)Decision Before Dawn…

Midge Decter Biography

Midge Decterjournalist, writerBorn: 7/25/1927Birthplace: St. Paul, Minn. Midge Rosenthal attended the University of Minnesota, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and New York…

Mercy

Director/Writer: Richard Shepard Director of Photography: Sarah Cawley Editor: Adam Lichtenstein Music: Rolfe Kent Production Designer: Anne Ross Producers: Rolfe Kent,…

Brewer's: Supernaculum

The very best wine. The word is Low Latin for “upon the nail,” meaning that the wine is so good the drinker leaves only enough in his glass to make a bead on his nail. The French say of…

2001 Snowboarding World Championships

at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy (Jan. 21-28) Men Halfpipe 1 Kim Christiansen, NOR 2 Daniel Franck, NOR 3 Markus Hurme, FIN Parallel Slalom 1 Nicolas Huet, FRA 2 Mathieu…

Fianna Fáil

(Encyclopedia) Fianna FáilFianna Fáilfēˈənə fäl [key], Irish political party, organized in 1926 by opponents of the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 establishing the Irish Free State and setting up…

Birthstones

Month StoneJanuary GarnetFebruary AmethystMarch Aquamarine or BloodstoneApril DiamondMay EmeraldJune Pearl, Alexandrite, or MoonstoneJuly Ruby or Star RubyAugust Peridot or SardonyxSeptember…

Lee, Stan

(Encyclopedia) Lee, Stan, 1922–2018, American comic-book writer and editor, co-creator of a number of iconic American superheroes, b. New York City as Stanley Martin Lieber. At 17 he was hired by…

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

(Encyclopedia) Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823–1911, American author, b. Cambridge, Mass. A Unitarian minister, he was a leader in the abolitionist movement and was a member of a group that backed…