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Henny Youngman
Henny Youngman was one of the most famous stand-up comedians of post-vaudeville America. Columnist Walter Winchell dubbed him "the king of the one-liners," a tribute to Youngman's rapid-fire style.…Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich is a composer whose Three Movements for Orchestra (Symphony No. 1) won a Pulitzer Prize in 1983 and boosted her to international recognition. Zwilich studied music at Florida…A Pill with a Purpose
A team of astronomers from the California Institute of Technology, led by S. George Djorgovski, may have glimpsed the dawn of our universe. In Aug. 2001, this team reported that it had spotted the “…Barnett Slepian, 2001 News
anti-abortion activist who had been indicted in 1999 in the shooting death of abortion doctor Barnett Slepian, was arrested in March in France. Kopp had been on the lam for more than two…James Charles Kopp, 2002 News
anti-abortion activist, was extradited from France and pleaded not guilty to using a firearm to commit a violent crime and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, charges…Peruvian Central Railway
The highest railway in the world, the Peruvian Central Railway is an engineering marvel, climbing 13,000 ft on its trip from La Oroya to Lima, Peru. The railroad, which features 66 tunnels and 59…George Pataki, 1998 News
Amherst, N.Y., doctor who performed abortions, was killed by a sniper in October while sitting in his home. Slepian had been receiving death threats from anti-abortion activists since the…B.F. Skinner
Name at birth: Burrhus Frederic SkinnerB.F. Skinner was one of the 20th century's most famous psychologists, known especially for his emphasis on behaviorism. After earning a doctorate in 1931,…Emilia Clarke
Emilia Clarke is a British actress whose breakthrough was the role of Daenerys Targaryen -- the "Mother of Dragons" -- in the television version of George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones. Clarke grew…Francis Collins and J. Craig Venter, 2000 News
scientists, announced in June that their rival groups had each completed a rough map of the human genome—the chemical sequences for human DNA. Collins heads the Human Genome Project at the…Trending
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