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David Wu Biography

David WuU.S. CongressmanBorn: 1955Birthplace: Taiwan Wu moved to the United States with his family when he was a boy. He earned B.S. from Stanford University in 1977, attended Harvard Medical…

James Bond

James Bond was created by author Ian Fleming and remains one of the most famous secret agents in modern fiction. Bond is a cool, handsome, dangerous agent for British Intelligence; his code number,…

Sergey Brin

Sergey Brin and his fellow Stanford student Larry Page invented the Internet search engine Google. Sergey Brin's parents were Russian immigrants; he was six when the family moved to the United…

B. J. Habibie Biography

B. J. Habibie(Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie)Indonesian political leaderBorn: 6/25/1936Birthplace: Pare-Pare, Indonesia Trained as an aeronautical engineer, Habibie worked as a vice president and…

Radiohead Kid A

Kid A Capitol Three years after their 1997 masterpiece OK Computer, England's best band has reemerged with a disc that forsakes all those typical pop things like hooks, choruses, obvious singles,…

Carly Fiorina

Name at birth: Cara Carleton SneedCarly Fiorina is an American business executive who left the world of high-tech companies to seek the U.S. presidency in 2016. Carly Fiorina's father was a law…

Electrical Engineer

What is this job like? A global positioning system that can pinpoint a car's location. Giant generators that can power entire cities. A new design for an airplane's electrical system.…

Charlie's Angels

Director:McGWriters:Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon, John AugustColumbia Pictures; PG-13; 92 minutesRelease:11/00Cast:Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Bill Murray The 2000 Charlie's Angels is…

Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas is the U.S. Supreme Court justice who was thrust into the limelight in his 1991 confirmation proceedings, during which he was accused of sexual harassment. Clarence Thomas grew up in…

Spy Kids

Director/Writer:Robert RodriguezDimension Films; PG; 90 minutesRelease:4/01Cast:Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alan Cumming The energy and inventiveness contained in Robert Rodriguez' Spy…