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September 11: People in the News

Related Links September 11, 2001AfghanistanTerrorismThe TalibanAl-QaedaWho's Who in Afghanistan al-Zawahiri, Dr. Ayman, al-Qaeda's theological leaderAshcroft, John, U.S. attorney generalAtef,…

Stead, Christina

(Encyclopedia) Stead, Christina, 1902–83, Australian novelist, b. Rockdale, New South Wales. She worked in the United States in the 1940s, emigrated to England in 1953, then returned to Australia in…

2002 People in the News

Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Saud,Abu Nidal,Terry Lynn Barton,Lance Bass,Ramzi bin al-Shibh,Robert Blake,Hans Blix,Tom Brokaw,Martin Burnham,Jimmy Carter,Hugo Chávez,Bobby Frank Cherry,Vincent “…

index, in publishing

(Encyclopedia) index, of a book or periodical, a list, nearly always alphabetical, of the topics treated. This list is usually at the back of a book, and the table of contents is in the front. The…

1998 National Medal of Science Recipients

Bruce N. Ames, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, for changing…

Up at the Villa

Director:Phillip HaasWriter:Belinda HaasOctober Films; PG-13; 115 minutesRelease:5/00Cast:Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft Up at the Villa follows the parlor affairs of a group…

Wright, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Wright, Richard, 1908–60, American author. An African American born on a Mississippi plantation, Wright struggled through a difficult childhood and worked to educate himself. He moved…

Black Country

(Encyclopedia) Black Country, highly industrialized region, historically mostly in Staffordshire but partly in Worcestershire and Warwickshire, W central England. It includes Dudley, Rowley Regis (…