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Javier Bardem Biography

Javier BardemactorBirthplace: Gran Canaria, SpainBorn: 3/1/1969 Bardem was a major star in his native Spain long before he gained wide praise on these shores for his Oscar-nominated role as gay Cuban…

2000 Major League Baseball Preview

The more things change, the more they stay the same by Michael Morrison Red Sox fans and Yankees fans will never get along, but the players seem to. Here shortstops Nomar…

MLB American League Strikeouts

American League Multiple winners: Walter Johnson (12); Nolan Ryan (9); Bob Feller and Lefty Grove (7); Rube Waddell (6); Roger Clemens and Sam McDowell (5); Randy Johnson (4); Lefty Gomez, Mark…

The Devil's Dictionary: Retribution

by Ambrose Bierce RETALIATIONREVEILLERETRIBUTION -n. A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon the just and such of the unjust as have not procured shelter by evicting them. In the…

1996 Men's Olympic Judo Medalists

Extra Lightweight (132 lbs): 1. Tadahiro Nomura, JPN 2. Girolamo Giovinazzo, ITA; 3. Dorjpalam Narmandakh, MON and Richard Trautmann, GER. Half-Lightweight (143 lbs): 1. Udo Quellmalz, GER; 2.…

Mixtec

(Encyclopedia) MixtecMixtecmĭsˈtĕk [key], Native American people of Oaxaca, Puebla, and part of Guerrero, SW Mexico, one of the most important groups in Mexico. Although the Mixtec codices constitute…

De Soto, Hernando

(Encyclopedia) De Soto, HernandoDe Soto, Hernandodĭsōˈtō, Span. ĕrnänˈdō dā sōˈtō [key], c.1500–1542, Spanish explorer. After serving under Pedro Arias de Ávila in Central America and under Francisco…

2006 Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'Or The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Ken Loach (United Kingdom) Grand Prize Flanders, Bruno…