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Great Expectations

Director:Alfonso CuaronWriter:Mitch GlazerDirector of Photography:Emmanuel LubezkiEditor:Steve WeisbergMusic:Patrick DoyleProduction Designer:Tony BurroughProducer:Art LinsonTwentieth Century…

Kate Expectations

      Kate Expectations   Great expectations and much speculation followed the announcement of Kate Middleton's pregnancy. Related Links Prince William and Kate Middleton Wedding…

Lucas, Robert Emerson, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Lucas, Robert Emerson, Jr., 1937–, American economist, b. Yakima, Wash., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1964. Lucas taught at Carnegie Mellon Univ. (1963–74) before joining the faculty at the…

Life Expectancy by Country

The Places Where People Live the Longest If you look at the rankings, the average life expectancy by country can vary greatly. Why is that? Some factors, like access to health care, are obvious.…

Phelps, Edmund Strother, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Phelps, Edmund Strother, Jr., 1933–, American economist, b. Evanston, Ill., Ph.D. Yale, 1959. He has been a professor at Yale (1960–66), the Univ. of Pennsylvania (1966–71), Columbia (…

Sargent, Thomas John

(Encyclopedia) Sargent, Thomas John, 1943–, American economist, b. Pasadena, Calif., Ph.D. Harvard (1968). He has been on the faculty at the Univ. of Pennsylvania (1970–71), Univ. of Minnesota (1971–…

To the Great Falls of the Missouri

Chapter 9 Chapter 11 To the Great Falls of the Missouri Next day, June 8, the Lewis party returned to the main body of the expedition. They reported that timber was scarce along…

Life Expectancy Statistics

The Question: In what country do people have the longest life expectancy? Shortest? The Answer: Of those countries for which the U.S. Bureau of…

Smoking and Life Expectancy

The Question: What is the life expectancy of smokers vs. non-smokers? The Answer: It's hard to give a firm answer to that question, in part…

Brewer's: Tiptoe of Expectation

(On the). All agog with curiosity. I am like one standing on tiptoe to see over the shoulders of a crowd. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tirer une…