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Andrew Motion, 1999 News

is named England's poet laureate in May, replacing Ted Hughes, who died in October. Motion's first official verse celebrated the marriage of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones.

Andrew Heiskell 2003 Deaths

Andrew HeiskellAge: 87 executive and philanthropist who worked for Time Inc. for 43 years. He started with the media empire in 1937 as an editor at age 22 and retired as chairman and CEO in…

Royal Biographies: Prince Andrew

Prince Andrew by David Johnson Related Links Royal Family TreeQueen Elizabeth IIPrincess BeatricePrincess Eugenie The third child of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Prince…

Andrew Golden, 1998 News

13, and Andrew Golden, 11, students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Ark., shocked the nation by opening fire on their classmates on March 24. The rampage, possibly meant as revenge…

Joe Andrews 2001 Deaths

Joe AndrewsAge: 68 Braves farm club teammate of Hank Aaron in 1953 who the Hall of Famer credits with protecting him in 1953 from racist threats. The cause of his death was not given.Died:…

Lindsey, Benjamin Barr

(Encyclopedia) Lindsey, Benjamin Barr (Ben Lindsey), 1869–1943, American judge and reformer, b. Jackson, Tenn. As judge of the juvenile court of Denver from 1900 to 1927, he founded the American…

Raytown

(Encyclopedia) RaytownRaytownrāˈtounˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 30,061), Jackson co., W central Mo., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1950. It was the first stop on the Santa Fe Trail out of…

Wyoming, University of

(Encyclopedia) Wyoming, University of, at Laramie; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1886, opened 1887. The Rocky Mt. Herbarium, which has an outstanding collection of plants…

Law, Andrew Bonar

(Encyclopedia) Law, Andrew BonarLaw, Andrew Bonarbŏnˈər [key], 1858–1923, British statesman, b. Canada. He went to Scotland as a boy and in 1900, after a business career, was elected to Parliament as…