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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”…

The Hunting of the Snark: The Hunting

The Baker's Tale The Beaver's Lesson The Hunting The Bellman looked uffish, and wrinkled his brow. "If only you'd spoken before! It's excessively awkward to mention it now…

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Inductees The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors musicians and music-industry figures who have contributed to the energy and evolution of rock music. To be eligible for inclusion,…

part of speech

(Encyclopedia) part of speech, in traditional English grammar, any one of about eight major classes of words, based on the parts of speech of ancient Greek and Latin. The parts of speech are noun,…

Las Vegas

(Encyclopedia) Las VegasLas Vegasläs vāˈgəs [key], city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban…

Huxley, Aldous Leonard

(Encyclopedia) Huxley, Aldous Leonard, 1894–1963, English author; grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley, brother of Sir Julian Huxley, and half-brother of Sir Andrew Huxley. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he…

columnist

(Encyclopedia) columnist, the writer of an essay appearing regularly in a newspaper or periodical, usually under a constant heading. Although originally humorous, the column in many cases has…

Vidal, Gore

(Encyclopedia) Vidal, Gore (Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, Jr.), 1925–2012, American writer, b. West Point, N.Y. He grew up in Washington, D.C., where a formative influence was his witty and scholarly…

EA Sports 500

EA Sports 500 Held over 188 laps on 2.66-mile tri-oval at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala. Previously known as Winston 500 (1970-93, 1997-2000) and Winston Select 500 (1994-96). It'…