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bootlegging

(Encyclopedia) bootlegging, in the United States, the illegal distribution or production of liquor and other highly taxed goods. First practiced when liquor taxes were high, bootlegging was…

Rat Race

Director:Jerry ZuckerWriter:Andy BreckmanParamount Pictures; PG-13; 112 minutesRelease:8/01Cast:Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jon Lovitz, John Cleese Remember the 1963 cash-dash comedy It's a Mad, Mad…

1920 – 1929 World History

Benito Mussolini(1883–1945)National Archives and Records Admin.Bessie Smith(1894–1937)The Library of Congress Picture CollectionWilliam Butler Yeats(1865–1939)Archive PhotosJoseph Stalin (…

London, Jack

(Encyclopedia) London, Jack (John Griffith London), 1876–1916, American author, b. San Francisco. The illegitimate son of William Chaney, an astrologer, and Flora Wellman, a seamstress and medium, he…

2001 Women's Soccer Division I All-America Team

The 2001 first team All-America selections of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Holdovers from the combined 2000 All-America team are in bold type. GOALKEEPER—Emily…

Shirley Jones

Shirley Jones was virtually unknown when Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein cast her as Laurie in the 1955 movie version of their hit stage musical Oklahoma! She later played the same role on…

Pierre Trudeau

Pierre Trudeau was prime minister of Canada for nearly 16 years beginning in 1968. A professor before he jumped into politics with the Liberal party, Pierre Trudeau entered office with a brainy…

oratorio

(Encyclopedia) oratoriooratorioôrətôrˈēō [key], musical composition employing chorus, orchestra, and soloists and usually, but not necessarily, a setting of a sacred libretto without stage action or…

Hannah Davis

Hannah Davis is the curvy, plush-lipped Victoria's Secret model who appeared as a helpful genie in a series of ads for Direct TV in 2013. She married baseball hero Derek Jeter in 2016. Hannah Davis…