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Denis Leary Biography

Denis Leary actor, comedianBorn: 8/18/1957Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts Leary taught at his alma mater, Emerson College in Boston, for five years and also worked as a standup comedian.…

Jay Berwanger 2002 Deaths

Jay BerwangerAge: 88 star halfback at the University of Chicago and first winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1935; first pick at the first National Football League draft in 1936; multi-talented…

Ella Baker Biography

Ella Baker civil rights activistBorn: 12/13/1903Birthplace: Norfolk, Va.   Baker was a driving force in the creation of the country's premier civil rights organizations. After graduating as…

Thomas Kinsella Biography

Thomas Kinsella poetBorn: 1928Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Considered to be the most experimental of the contemporary Irish poets, Kinsella is credited with bringing the techniques of…

He Got Game

Director/Writer:Spike LeeDirector of Photography:Malik Hassan SayeedEditor:Barry Alexander BrownMusic:Aaron CoplandProduction Designer:Wynn ThomasProducers:Jon Kilik and Spike LeeTouchstone…

Franklin, John Hope

(Encyclopedia) Franklin, John Hope, 1915–2009, the dean of 20th-century African-American historians, b. Rentiesville, Okla., grad. Fisk Univ. (A.B., 1935), Harvard (M.A., 1936; Ph.D., 1941). Franklin…

Brewer's: Sons of the Prophets

Disciples or scholars belonging to the “college of the prophets,” or under instruction for the ministry. In this sense we call the University where we were educated our “Alma mater.” (See…

Brewer's: Matriculate

means to enrol oneself in a society. The University is called our alma mater (propitious mother). The students are her alumni (foster-children), and become so by being enrolled in a…

Bill Cosby

Name at birth: William Henry Cosby, Jr.Bill Cosby began as a stand-up comic, became one of America's most beloved television stars, and then saw his reputation and career disintegrate under the…

Vladimir Putin

Prime Minister and President of Russia by Beth Rowen This article was posted in January 4, 2000. Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin. (Source/AP) Related Links…