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Yousafzai, Malala

(Encyclopedia) Yousafzai, Malala, 1997–, Pakistani advocate for girls' education. When Islamic militants took control of her native Swat in 2009, she wrote—with the encouragement of her father, an…

Yameen, Abdullah

(Encyclopedia) Yameen, Abdullah (Abdullah Yameen Abdul Gayoom), 1959–, Maldivian politician, president of the Maldives (2013–18). The half-brother of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who was president from 1978…

Thouless, David James

(Encyclopedia) Thouless, David James, 1934–2019, British physicist, b. Bearsden, Scotland, Ph.D. Cornell, 1958. He was a professor at the Univ. of Birmingham, England (1965–78), Yale (1979–80), and…

Dakota Johnson

Dakota Johnson is the actress best known for playing a shy sexual adventuress in the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey. Born in 1989, Dakota Johnson was a child of Hollywood: her mother was actress…

2002 Lucille Lortel Awards

Outstanding PlayMetamorphoses Outstanding MusicalUrinetownOutstanding RevivalCymbelineOutstanding DirectorMary Zimmerman, MetamorphosesOutstanding ChoreographerJohn Carrafa,…

Seth Rogen

Seth Rogen was the young co-star of a critically-acclaimed but short-lived TV series, and now he's the comic movie star of the hits Knocked Up (with Katherine Heigl), Superbad (with Christopher Mintz…

Boris Johnson

Name at birth: Alexander Boris de Pfeffel JohnsonBoris Johnson became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on July 24, 2019, after the resignation of Theresa May. After a tumultuous three years…

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic is the Serbian tennis pro whose brilliant undefeated streak to start the 2011 season propelled him into a decade-long run at the top of the men's professional game. He holds the all-…

Assange, Julian Paul

(Encyclopedia) Assange, Julian Paul Assange, Julian Paul äsänjˈ [key], 1971–, Australian Internet journalist and activist, founder of WikiLeaks, a whistleblower website…