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Entertainment Bios — G

Milton GablerPeter GabrielClark GableErnesto GalarzaJames GalwayAndy GarciaJerry GarciaRupert GarcíaAva GardnerArt GarfunkelMichael GambonJudy GarlandJaneane GarofaloGreer GarsonJennie GarthCosta-…

McMinnville

(Encyclopedia) McMinnville, city (1990 pop. 17,894), seat of Yamhill co., NW Oreg.; inc. 1876. It is a trade and processing center in the fertile Willamette valley. Foods, textiles, and building…

Coppée, François

(Encyclopedia) Coppée, FrançoisCoppée, FrançoisfräNswäˈ kôpāˈ [key], 1842–1908, French poet and dramatist. He won fame with the one-act comedy Le Passant (1869, tr. 1881), in which Sarah Bernhardt…

Margaret

(Encyclopedia) Margaret, 1930–2002, British princess, second daughter of King George VI and sister of Queen Elizabeth II, b. Glamis, Scotland. In 1960 she married a commoner, the photographer Antony…

Notable Winter Olympics Biographies, A-Z

  A-D | E-I | J-L | M-Z Anita DeFrantz Tenley Albright, American figure skater Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater Bonnie Blair, American speed skater Herb Brooks, American hockey coach…

bone china

(Encyclopedia) bone china, variety of porcelain developed by English potters in the last half of the 18th and early 19th cent. The clay is tempered with phosphate of lime or bone ash. This innovation…

Notable Women in Business

Estée Lauder Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and…

1999-2000 Figure Skating World Championships

World Championships at Nice, France (March 26-April 2) Men's —1. Alexei Yagudin, Russia; 2. Elvis Stojko, Canada; 3. Michael Weiss, USA; 4. Evgeni Plushenko, Russia; 5. Chengjiang Li, China…

Hale, Sarah Josepha (Buell)

(Encyclopedia) Hale, Sarah Josepha (Buell), 1788–1879, American author, editor, and feminist, b. near Newport, N.H. In 1828 she became editor of the Ladies' Magazine, Boston, and in 1837 of Godey's…

Hugh Reilly 1998 Deaths

Hugh ReillyAge: 82 actor, best known for his portrayal of farmer Paul Martin in the long-running Lassie television series.Died: July 17, 1998.Eberhard F. M. ReesR - ZClaude Retherford…