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Ally Sheedy Biography

Ally Sheedy (Alexandra Sheedy)actress, writerBorn: 6/13/1962Birthplace: New York City Sheedy was the picture of the precocious child. Before reaching adolescence, she had danced with the…

Seymour Hersh

Seymour "Sy" Hersh made his name and career by reporting in 1969 on the U.S. court martial of Lt. William Calley, the commanding officer in what became known as the My Lai Massacre, an incident in…

antique collecting

(Encyclopedia) antique collecting, the assembling of items of aesthetic, historical, and often monetary value from earlier eras. The term antique initially referred only to the preclassical and…

Robert S. McNamara

Robert Strange McNamara served as the United States Secretary of Defense under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (1961-68), overseeing military strategies and policies during the Cold…

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim wrote music or lyrics for West Side Story, Company, A Little Night Music and nearly a dozen other hit Broadway musicals of the late 20th century. At his death, The New York Times…

Felix Savon

Name at birth: Félix Savón FabreFélix Savón is the Cuban boxer who won three Olympic gold medals as the dominant amateur heavyweight of the 1980s and 1990s. Félix Savón was born in rural Cuba and…

Ivanka Trump

Ivanka Trump is the daughter of former President Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana. A tall and elegant blonde, Ivanka Trump began modeling as a teen, her career helped along by the Trump name…

Billy Graham

Name at birth: William Franklin Graham, Jr.One of the best-known Christian evangelists of the 20th century, Billy Graham was a globetrotting preacher, multi-media power and counselor to multiple…

Don Imus

Name at birth: John Donald Imus, Jr.Don Imus was the grumpy and controversial host of the nationally-syndicated Imus in the Morning radio show. The show, which ran in various incarnations for more…

Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin is the Asian-American point guard whose sudden rise in the NBA made him the toast of New York in 2012. Before that moment, said The New York Times, Lin had been "an unheralded prospect, a…