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Summer Sizzlers | July 2000
by Beth Rowen Loser American Pie's Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari (perhaps better known as Lester Burnham's object of obsession in American Beauty) leave behind high-school hijinks and graduate to…Brewer's: Orrery
An astronomical toy to show the relative movements of the planets, etc., invented by George Graham, who sent his model to Rowley, an instrument maker, to make one for Prince Eugéne. Rowley…Brewer's: Vacuum Boyleanum
Such a vacuum as can be produced by Boyle's improved air-pump, the nearest approach to a vacuum practicable with human instruments. The Guerickian vacuum is that produced by ordinary air-…Brewer's: Phalaris
The brazen bull of Phalaris. Perillos, a brass-founder of Athens, proposed to Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, to invent for him a new species of punishment; accordingly, he cast a brazen…PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, established in 1980, annually honors an American fiction writer with a $15,000 prize. Three judges choose five finalists before…Review: Twilight (1998)
Director:Robert BentonWriters:Robert Benton and Richard RussoDirector of Photography:Piotr SobocinskiEditor:Carol LittletonMusic:Elmer BernsteinProduction Designer:David GropmanProducers:…Women in the 115th Congress
This table provides the name and state of the women serving in the 115th Congress, which began in 2015. There are 89 women in the House of Representatives and 22 women in the Senate. State…1994–1995 Obie Awards
Best PlayDavid Mamet, CryptogramPlaywritingDavid Hancock, The Convention of CartographyTony Kushner, Slavs!Terrence McNally, Love! Valour! Compassion!Susan Miller, My Left…2012 Olympics
London Baseball Basketball Boxing Diving Field Hockey Gymnastics Soccer…Women in the 113th Congress
This table provides the name and state of the women serving in the 113th Congress, which began in 2013. There are 81 women in the House of Representatives and 20 women in the Senate. State…Trending
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