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Lisa Cholodenko
Lisa Cholodenko is a filmmaker whose 2010 drama, The Kids Are All Right, won her an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay. A 1987 graduate of San Francisco State University, Cholodenko fell…Samuel Chao Chung Ting Biography
Samuel Chao Chung TingphysicistBorn: 1/27/1936Birthplace: Ann Arbor, Mich Although born in the U.S. while his parents were visiting, Ting returned to China when he was two months old and…Charles B. Wang Biography
Charles B. Wangcomputer software entrepreneurBorn: 1944Birthplace: Shanghai, China When he was 8 years old, Wang's family moved to New York City. Graduating from Queens College with a B.S. in…Marvin Harris 2001 Deaths
Marvin HarrisAge: 74 controversial anthropologist who was described as “a storm center in his field” by the Washington Post. He was an expert in the theory of cultural materialism and…Questions of Execution
While public support for capital punishment has dropped from a high of 80% in 1994, a Gallup Poll in Feb. 2000 found that the majority of Americans (66%) continue to support it. Almost half…(Alyce) Faye Wattleton Biography
(Alyce) Faye WattletonactivistBorn: 7/8/1943Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Wattleton was only the second woman to serve as president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America since…J. Russell Smith Biography
J. Russell Smith (Joseph Russell Smith) economist, scholar, geographerBorn: 1874Birthplace: near Lincoln, Va. Having studied and taught economics at the University of Pennsylvania and its…The Devil's Dictionary: Ll.d.
by Ambrose Bierce LIVERLOCK-AND-KEYLL.D. Letters indicating the degree Legumptionorum Doctor, one learned in laws, gifted with legal gumption. Some suspicion is cast upon this derivation…Lionel Shriver
Name at birth: Margaret Anne ShriverLionel Shriver is the author of several novels, the most well-known being We Need to Talk About Kevin, made into a feature film in, starring Tilda Swinton. Raised…Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon's impersonations and comic flare have earned her Emmy nominations for acting and writing with Saturday Night Live since 2012. She's perhaps best known for her parodies of former…Trending
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