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U.S. Open, 2008

(Flushing Meadow, N.Y., Aug. 25-Sept. 7, 2008) Men's singles—Roger Federer defeats Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 Women's singles—Serena Williams defeats…

Peter Boyle 2006 Deaths

Peter BoyleAge: 71 character actor who played the father on Everybody Loves Raymond and the monster in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein.Died: New York City, Dec. 12, 2006Samuel BowersA - FEd…

U.S. OPEN, 2005

(Flushing Meadow, N.Y., Aug. 29–Sept. 11, 2005)Men's singles—Roger Federer defeated Andre Agassi, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6 (7–1), 6–1.Women's singles—Kim Clijsters defeated Mary Pierce, 6–3, 6–1.Men's…

garden city, in city planning

(Encyclopedia) garden city, an ideal, self-contained community of predetermined area and population surrounded by a greenbelt. As formulated by Sir Ebenezer Howard, the garden city was intended to…

Ashbery, John

(Encyclopedia) Ashbery, John, 1927–2017, American poet, b. Rochester, N.Y., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1949), Columbia (M.A., 1951). Among the most acclaimed and influential American poets of his era, he…

existentialism

(Encyclopedia) existentialismexistentialismĕgzĭstĕnˈshəlĭzəm, ĕksĭ– [key], any of several philosophic systems, all centered on the individual and his relationship to the universe or to God. Important…

Four Corners

CBSTuesday 10:00–11:00 p.m.Cast: Ann-Margret, Sonia Braga, Megan Ward, Kama de los Reyes, Raymond Barry, Dahlia Waingort and Justin Chambers Two widowed matriarchs, Amanda Wyatt (Ann-Margret…

Denis Johnson

Denis Johnson was an American writer whose 2007 novel Tree of Smoke won the National Book Award. He was also a poet, journalist and playwright whose work is often described as stories of lost and…

Edward R. Murrow Biography

Edward R. Murrow(Egbert Roscoe Murrow)news broadcasterBorn: 4/24/1908Birthplace: Pole Creek, North Carolina Emmy Award-winning radio and news broadcaster remembered for his work as CBS's war…

T.R. Knight

Name at birth: Theodore Raymond KnightT.R. Knight's acting breakthrough came with the success of TV's Grey's Anatomy, a medical drama that first aired in the spring of 2005. As the well-meaning but…