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Joan Collins

Joan Collins played conniving glamourpuss Alexis Carrington Colby on the TV soap opera Dynasty (1981-89), along with many other roles in a long career. Joan Collins began acting in low-budget…

Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins is the author of several novels for younger readers, including a best-selling trilogy that began with 2008's The Hunger Games. With a college background in theater and a graduate…

Jason Collins

NBA center Jason Collins announced in 2013 that he was gay, becoming the first player in one of the "big four" American sports (baseball, basketball, football and hockey) to say publicly during his…

Michael Collins

Michael Collins was the command module pilot for Apollo 11, the 1969 American space mission which landed the first humans on the moon. Michael Collins graduated from West Point in 1952, flew…

Richardson

(Encyclopedia) Richardson, city (1990 pop. 74,840), Dallas and Collins counties, N Tex., a suburb of Dallas; founded in the 1850s, inc. as a city 1956. Richardson manufactures telecommunications…

Colorado State University

(Encyclopedia) Colorado State University, at Fort Collins; land-grant with state and federal support; chartered 1870, opened 1879 as an agricultural college, assumed present name in 1957. There is a…

Collins, Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Collins, Anthony, 1676–1729, English theologian; a friend of John Locke. He set forth the position of the deists and defended the cause of rational theology. His Discourse of Free…

Collins, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Collins, Michael, 1890–1922, Irish revolutionary leader. He spent the years from 1907 to 1916 in England, during which period he joined the Fenian movement. He took part in the Easter…

Eileen Collins Biography

Eileen CollinsastronautBorn: Nov. 19, 1956Birthplace: Elmira, New York Eileen Collins earned her pilot’s license while in college.Her grades and flight experience helped her to become one of…