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Tulsa

(Encyclopedia) Tulsa Tulsa tŭlˈsə [key], city (2020 pop. 413,066), seat of Tulsa co., NE Okla., on the…

Three Kings

Director/Writer:David O. RussellWarner Bros.; 105 minutes; RRelease:10/99Cast:George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Saïd Taghmaoui, Nora Dunn Three Kings is a unique hybrid…

Robert Whyte ROBERTS, Congress, MS (1784-1865)

ROBERTS Robert Whyte , a Representative from Mississippi; born in Kent County, Del., November 28, 1784; received a liberal education; studied law; was admitted to the bar; shortly after…

Robert Roberts HITT, Congress, IL (1834-1906)

HITT Robert Roberts , a Representative from Illinois; born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, January 16, 1834; moved to Ogle County, Ill., in 1837 with his parents, who settled in Mount Morris…

American Ballet Theatre

(Encyclopedia) American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the foremost international dance companies of the 20th and 21st cents. It was founded in 1937 as the Mordkin Ballet and reorganized as the Ballet…

2001 PEN Literary Award Winners

PEN/Laura Pels Award for DramaRichard Foreman, master American dramatistCharles L. Mee, playwright in mid-careerPEN/Kolovakos Award for Hispanic TranslationGregory Rabassa and Alastair…

Robert Smalls Biography

Robert SmallsCivil War hero, politicianBorn: 1839Birthplace: Beaufort, South Carolina Smalls was a slave and a pilot of the steamboat Planter, a 300-ton armed vessel. In 1862, while the white…

Robert Matsui Biography

Robert MatsuiCongressmanBorn: 1941 A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and Hastings College of Law, Matsui established a private law practice in 1967. He was elected to the…

Robert Stanley Biography

Robert Stanleypop artist used photographs and newspapers to create commercial works of artBorn: 1932Died: 1997Walter Sorell1997 DeathsDawn Steel

Robert and Elizabeth Browning

A secret courtship between two legendary poets by David Johnson Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her husband, Robert Browning, led lives suited for leading Romantic poets. Their story…