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Wolfe, Tom

(Encyclopedia) Wolfe, Tom (Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr.), 1931–2018, American journalist and novelist, b. Richmond, Va., B.A. Washington and Lee Univ., 1951, Ph.D. Yale, 1957. He began his writing…

Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe was the New York journalist who wrote The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968) and The Right Stuff (1979), then turned to writing novels, including The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987). A…

Best American Journalism of the 20th Century

The following works were chosen as the 20th century's best American journalism by a panel of experts assembled by New York University's journalism department.John Hersey: “Hiroshima,” The…

streamline

(Encyclopedia) streamline, path of a fluid flowing steadily and without appreciable turbulence. A body is said to be streamlined if its shape offers the least possible resistance to a current of air…

baby boom

(Encyclopedia) baby boom, a period in which the birthrate is significantly higher than in other periods, especially the post–World War II period in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New…

Spock, Benjamin McLane

(Encyclopedia) Spock, Benjamin McLane, 1903–98, American author and pediatrician, b. New Haven, Conn., educ. Yale (B.A., 1925) and Columbia Univ. College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D., 1929). In…

Tabor, Horace Austin Warner

(Encyclopedia) Tabor, Horace Austin WarnerTabor, Horace Austin Warnertāˈbər [key], 1830–99, American prospector, known as Silver Dollar Tabor, b. Holland, Vt. From the Matchless Mine at Leadville,…

Angel Baby

Director/Writer: Michael RymerDirector of Photography:Ellery RyanEditor:Dany CooperMusic:Chris GoughProduction Designer:Chris KennedyProducers:Timothy White and Jonathan SteinmanCinepix Film…

Holding the Baby

FoxSunday 7:30–8:00 p.m.; canceledCast:Jon Patrick Walker, Brendan and Kyle McRoberts, Jennifer Westfeldt and Eddie McClintock Smarmy salesman Gordon Stiles (Walker) is stymied when his wife…

Baby Boy

Director/Writer:John SingletonColumbia; R; 129 minutesRelease:6/01Cast:Tyrese Gibson, A.J. Johnson, Ving Rhames Ten years after his landmark film Boyz N the Hood, writer-director John…