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Hart, Moss

(Encyclopedia) Hart, Moss, 1904–61, American dramatist, b. New York City, studied at Columbia. His first important play, Once in a Lifetime (1930), marked the beginning of a long collaboration with…

The Mercy: Poems

Author: Philip Levine Publisher: Knopf Philip Levine is a poet for people who've forgotten poetry and slipped into the meter and cadence of 9-to-5. Refreshingly narrative, his poems tell…

The Northern Irish Conflict: A Chronology

A history of the conflict and the slow progress towards peace HISTORY OF THE PROBLEM: BRITAIN AND IRELAND Full size map: Ireland Political separation of Northern Ireland from the rest…

Marlowe, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–93, English dramatist and poet, b. Canterbury. Probably the greatest English dramatist before Shakespeare, Marlowe, a shoemaker's son, was educated at…

Leopold and Loeb

(Encyclopedia) Leopold and LoebLeopold and Loeblōb [key], notorious American murderers defended by Clarence Darrow in 1924. The gregarious, dominating Richard A. Loeb (1905–1936) and the shy,…

What's New in Taxes This Year? Part 3

  Don't Forget to Put Your Social Security Number on Your Tax Form! To protect your privacy, your social security number (SSN) is not printed on the peel-off label that comes in the mail…

Home Rule

(Encyclopedia) Home Rule, in Irish and English history, political slogan adopted by Irish nationalists in the 19th cent. to describe their objective of self-government for Ireland. Escalating…

McCartney Sisters, 2005 News

five sisters from Northern Ireland, challenged the Irish Republican Army's code of secrecy and silence after their brother Robert was killed in a brutal bar brawl in Belfast in January.…

Who Was Who in the Irish Peace Process

Key Players behind the Good Friday Agreement by Ann Marie Imbornoni Confused about the the Irish peace process? Click here to read the North Ireland Primer. The Good Friday…

Irish Movies: The Boxer (1997)

Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next by Beth Rowen The Boxer (1997) Director Jim Sheridan and actor Daniel Day-Lewis team up for…