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Doc Savage

Name at birth: Clark Savage, Jr.Doc Savage first appeared in 1933, his adventure stories told every month in a magazine. Handsome, tall and tanned -- he was nicknamed the Man of Bronze -- Savage was…

Text of the Constitution of the United States

(Encyclopedia) Text1 of the Constitution of the United States Preamble We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic…

Sy Weintraub 2000 Deaths

Sy WeintraubAge: 76 movie producer who reinvented Tarzan as a somewhat urbane gentleman. Died: Beverly Hills, Calif., April 4, 2000Louis WeinsteinR - ZRuth Werner

Allan Quatermain

Allan Quatermain was the rifle-toting, native-befriending, treasure-seeking hero of King Solomon's Mines and other adventures by H. Rider Haggard. Quatermain's primary milieu was Africa, where he…

Johnny Weissmuller

Johnny WeissmullerBorn: June 2, 1904Swimmer won 3 gold medals at 1924 Olympics and 2 more at 1928 Games; became Hollywood's most famous Tarzan.Died: Jan. 20 1984Pete WeberU - ZJerry West…

Veronese, Paolo

(Encyclopedia) Veronese, PaoloVeronese, Paolopäˈōlō vārōnāˈzā [key], 1528–88, Italian painter of the Venetian school. Named Paolo Caliari, he was called Il Veronese from his birthplace, Verona.…

Eleanor Holm

Swimmer Eleanor Holm was an Olympic gold medalist who famously got kicked off the 1936 American team for drinking champagne and ignoring her curfew. A “Brooklyn girl,” Holm she was chosen for the…

The Devil's Dictionary: Zany

by Ambrose Bierce ZANZIBARIZANY -n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the buffone, or clown, and was therefore the ape of an ape; for the…

Dinosaur (Film)

Directors:Ralph Zondag and Eric LeightonWriters:Walon Green and Robert JacobsWalt Disney; PG; 90 minutesRelease:5/00Voice of:D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis The folks at Disney spent…

Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser was the square-jawed, fresh-faced star of the hit 1999 film The Mummy and its sequels (2001, 2008) who took a 15-year career detour before bouncing back in 2022 in his Oscar-winning…