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1987 Tony Awards

PlayFencesMusicalLes MisérablesRevivalAll My SonsJames Earl JonesArchive PhotosActor—PlayJames Earl Jones, FencesActress—PlayLinda Lavin, Broadway BoundFeatured Actor—PlayJohn Randolph,…

2000 Men's Olympic Rowing Medalists

Single Sculls: 1. Rob Waddell, NZE (6:48.90); 2. Xeno Mueller, SWI (6:50.55); 3. Marcel Hacker, GER (6:50.83). Lightweight Double Sculls: 1. Tomasz Kucharski & Robert Sycz, POL (6:21.75); 2.…

2006 PEN Literary Award Winners

PEN/Nabokov AwardPhilip RothPEN/Voelcker Award for PoetryLinda GreggRobert Manheim Medal for TranslationEdith GrossmanPEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for WritersChristopher Coake, We're In…

1968 Academy Awards

The 1968 Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1969 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureFunny Girl, Ray Stark, producer (Columbia)The Lion in Winter, Martin Poll,…

adjective

(Encyclopedia) adjective, English part of speech, one of the two that refer typically to attributes and together are called modifiers. The other kind of modifier is the adverb. Adjectives and adverbs…

Kleinrock, Leonard

(Encyclopedia) Kleinrock, Leonard, 1934–, American computer scientist, b. New York City, B.E.E. City College of New York (1957), Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1963). Moving to the Univ…

Johnson, Jack

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Jack (John Arthur Johnson), 1878–1946, American boxer, b. Galveston, Tex., the son of two ex-slaves. Emerging from the battle royals (dehumanizing fights between blacks for…

Dempsey, Jack

(Encyclopedia) Dempsey, Jack (William Harrison Dempsey), 1895–1983, American boxer, b. Manassa, Colo. Dempsey, called the “Manassa Mauler,” emerged from fights on saloon floors near mining camps to…

Wayne, John

(Encyclopedia) Wayne, John, 1907–79, American movie actor, b. Winterset, Iowa, as Marion Michael Morrison. An enduringly popular movie star from his debut in 1930, Wayne combined the toughness…

1983 Academy Awards

The 1983 Academy Awards were presented April 9, 1984 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureThe Big Chill, Michael Shamberg, producer (Columbia)The Dresser, Peter Yates,…