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Kushner, Tony

(Encyclopedia) Kushner, TonyKushner, Tonyk&oobreve;shˈnər [key], 1956–, American playwright, b. New York City. He was a little-known off-Broadway playwright with several interesting works, e.g.,…

Race Results

2000 SEASONDateEventLocationWinner (Pos.)Avg.mphEarningsPoleQual.mphFeb. 20Daytona 500DaytonaDale Jarrett (1)155.669$2,277,975*+D. Jarrett191.091Feb. 27Dura Lube/Kmart 400RockinghamBobby…

NASCAR Top 5 Finishing Order + Pole, 2001

2001 SEASONNo.EventWinner2nd3rd4th5thPole1Daytona 500M. Waltrip D. Earnhardt Jr.R. WallaceR. RuddB. ElliottB. Elliott2Dura Lube 400S. ParkB. LabonteJ. GordonT. StewartR. CravenJ. Gordon3UAW-…

Comanche

(Encyclopedia) ComancheComanchekəmănˈchē [key], Native North Americans belonging to the Shoshonean group of the Uto-Aztecan branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock (see Native American languages…

infinity

(Encyclopedia) infinity, in mathematics, that which is not finite; it is often indicated by the symbol ∞. A sequence of numbers, a1, a2, a3, … , is said to “approach infinity” if the numbers…

miniature painting

(Encyclopedia) miniature painting [Ital.,=artwork, especially manuscript initial letters, done with the red lead pigment minium; the word originally had no implication as to size]. In a general sense…

Mühlenberg, Heinrich Melchior

(Encyclopedia) Mühlenberg, Heinrich MelchiorMühlenberg, Heinrich Melchiormĕlˈkhēôr müˈlənbĕrk [key], 1711–87, American Lutheran clergyman, b. Germany, educated at Göttingen and at Halle. He arrived (…

Biographies of Famous African Americans

  Aaliyah–Ewing | Farmer–Innis | Jackson–Ludacris | Mac–Puckett | Rabb–Swoopes | Tanner–Van Der Zee Browse by category Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders Religious…

David Newton HENDERSON, Congress, NC (1921-2004)

HENDERSON David Newton , a Representative from North Carolina; born on a farm near Hubert, Onslow County, N.C., April 16, 1921; B.S., Wallace High School, Wallace, N.C., 1938; LL.B., Davidson…

Progressive party

(Encyclopedia) Progressive party, in U.S. history, the name of three political organizations, active, respectively, in the presidential elections of 1912, 1924, and 1948. At Philadelphia in…