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1992 Academy Awards
The 1992 Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1993 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureThe Crying Game, Stephen Woolley, producer (Miramax)A Few Good Men, David…Annual Awards: College Baseball, 2001 Season
CWS Participants: Tulane (55-11); Miami-FL (49-12); Stanford (48-16); Nebraska (50-14); Cal. State-Fullerton (46-16); Tennessee (46-18); Georgia (47-20); USC (44-17).Bracket OneJune 8—…Mount Holyoke College
(Encyclopedia) Mount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke Collegehōlˈyōk [key], at South Hadley, Mass.; for women; chartered 1836, opened 1837 as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary under Mary Lyon, rechartered as…Heflin, James Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Heflin, James Thomas, 1869–1951, U.S. politician, b. Randolph co., Ala. He was admitted (1893) to the bar and in 1920 entered the U.S. Senate where he was known at first as “Cotton Tom…Hanson, John
(Encyclopedia) Hanson, John, 1715–83, first “President of the United States in Congress Assembled,” b. Charles co., Maryland. He served in the Maryland provincial legislature, was active in the…Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine
(Encyclopedia) Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine, 1770–1840, American frontier missionary; son of Dmitri Alekseyevich Gallitzin. The young prince followed his mother in joining the Roman Catholic Church…Gioia, Melchiorre
(Encyclopedia) Gioia or Gioja, MelchiorreGioia or Gioja, Melchiorreboth: mālkyôrˈrā jōˈyä [key], 1767–1829, Italian economist and political theorist. An early advocate of the unification of Italy, he…Tyler
(Encyclopedia) Tyler, city (1990 pop. 75,450), seat of Smith co., E Tex.; inc. 1850. In the heart of the rich East Texas oil field, Tyler has refineries and other oil-based industries. The…Bull, Ole Bornemann
(Encyclopedia) Bull, Ole BornemannBull, Ole Bornemannōˈlə bōrˈnəmän [key]Bull, Ole Bornemann b&oomacr;l [key], 1810–80, Norwegian violinist. After his debut in Paris (1832) he toured in Europe…Nightingale, Florence
(Encyclopedia) Nightingale, Florence, 1820–1910, English nurse, the founder of modern nursing, b. Florence, Italy. Her life was dedicated to the care of the sick and war wounded and to the promotion…Trending
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