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Eric Roberts Biography

Eric RobertsactorBorn: 4/18/1956Birthplace: Biloxi, Mississippi Older brother of actress Julia Roberts, Eric Roberts appeared on the stage as a child and starred in the 1989 Broadway production of…

2006 TD Banknorth U.S. Alpine Championships

(March 24–29, 2006, Sugarloaf, Maine)MenDownhill—1. Bode Miller, Bretton Woods, N.H.; 2. Daron Rahlves, Sugar Bowl, Calif.; 3. J. J. Johnson, Park City, UtahSuper G—1. Daron Rahlves, Sugar…

Ocean's Eleven

Director:Steven SoderberghWriter:Ted GriffinWarner Bros.; PG-13; 110 minutesRelease:12/01Cast:George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia Fueled by star power, suavity,…

Croker, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Croker, Richard, 1841–1922, American politician, head of Tammany Hall from 1886 to 1902, b. Co. Cork, Ireland. He became prominent as Democratic leader of New York City's East Side and…

Art Institute of Chicago

(Encyclopedia) Art Institute of Chicago, museum and art school, in Grant Park, facing Michigan Ave. It was incorporated in 1879; George Armour was the first president. Since 1893 the Institute has…

Fort Donelson

(Encyclopedia) Fort DonelsonFort Donelsondŏnˈəlsən [key], Confederate fortification in the Civil War, on the Cumberland River at Dover, Tenn., commanding the river approach to Nashville, Tenn. After…

New Netherland

(Encyclopedia) New Netherland, territory included in a commercial grant by the government of Holland to the Dutch West India Company in 1621. Colonists were settled along the Hudson River region; in…

Calixtus I, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Calixtus I, Callixtus I, or Callistus I, SaintCalixtus I, Callixtus I, or Callistus I, Saintkəlĭkˈstəs, kəlĭsˈtəs [key], c.160–c.222, pope (217–222), a Roman; successor of St.…