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Larger Than Life

Director:Howard FranklinWriter:Roy Blount, Jr.Director of Photography:Elliot DavisEditor:Sidney LevinMusic:Miles GoodmanProduction Designer:Marcia Hinds-JohnsonProducers:Richard B. Lewis,…

Richard Parsons Biography

Richard Parsonsmedia executiveBorn: 4/4/1948Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York A native of Brooklyn, New York, Parsons graduated from the University of Hawaii, where he played varsity basketball…

Ethel Merman

Name at birth: Ethel Agnes ZimmermanEthel Merman's brassy voice and knock-'em-dead style made her a favorite with Broadway audiences for four decades. She sang "I Got Rhythm" in the 1930 George and…

Adjusted Gross Income

Gross income consists of wages and salaries, unemployment compensation, tips and gratuities, interest, dividends, annuities, rents and royalties, up to 85% of Social Security benefits if the…

William A. Koshland Biography

William A. Koshland publishing executive Koshland served as president and chairman of the Alfred A. Knopf publishing house. His list of authors included Julia Child, Willa Cather, John…

The Devil's Dictionary: Behavior

by Ambrose Bierce BEGGARBELLADONNABEHAVIOR -n. Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding. The word seems to be somewhat loosely used in Dr. Jamrach Holobom's translation of…

Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender cemented his place as a daring leading man of the big screen with a slate of 2011 films that included Jane Eyre (with Mia Wasikowska), X-Men: First Class (as young Magneto) and…

Best-Selling Adult Non-fiction Books, 2009

Rank Title Format Author1.Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships Intimacy, And CommitmentHardcover Steve Harvey 2.Glenn Beck's Common Sense…

Bella Savitzky ABZUG, Congress, NY (1920-1998)

ABZUG Bella Savitzky , a Representative from New York; born Bella Savitzky in New York City, July 24, 1920; attended the local public schools; A.B., Hunter College, New York City, 1942; LL.B.,…