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Rachel Bloom

Rachel Bloom is the star and co-creator of the musical comedy TV series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. She grew up in California and studied drama in New York, where she polished her skills at improvisational…

Willughby, Francis

(Encyclopedia) Willughby, FrancisWillughby, Franciswĭlˈəbē [key], 1635–72, English naturalist. He is known especially for his early systematic work on birds and fishes, in which he made some of the…

2000 National Book Awards

The 51st Annual National Book Awards were presented November 15, 2000, at New York City's Marriott Marquis Hotel.Fiction:In America, Susan Sontag (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)Nonfiction:In the…

devilfish

(Encyclopedia) devilfish, name applied to the manta ray and to an American species of octopus.

Roentgen, Wilhelm Conrad

(Encyclopedia) Roentgen or Röntgen, Wilhelm ConradRoentgen or Röntgen, Wilhelm Conradboth: rĕntˈgĭn, rŭntˈ–, Ger. vĭlˈhĕlm kônˈrät röntˈgən [key], 1845–1923, German physicist. His notable research in…

CAT scan

(Encyclopedia) CAT scanCAT scankăt [key] [computerized axial tomography], X-ray technique that allows relatively safe, painless, and rapid diagnosis in previously inaccessible areas of the body; also…

Bragg, Sir William Lawrence

(Encyclopedia) Bragg, Sir William Lawrence, 1890–1971, English physicist, b. Adelaide, Australia, educated in Australia and at Trinity College, Cambridge; son of W. H. Bragg. He was professor of…

Magliozzi, Ray

“Car Talk” hostBirthplace: Cambridge, Mass.Born: 3/30/49

Price, Ray

country music artistBirthplace: Perryville, Tex.Born: 1/12/26

Ray, Aldo

(DaRe) actorBirthplace: Pen Argyl, Pa.Born: 1926Died: 1991