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World War II Movies, Part 1

From "Schindler's List" to the summer blockbuster "Pearl Harbor" by Beth Rowen   Source: Internet Movie Database Related Links Memorial Day Pearl Harbor Remembered…

Samoa, island chain, SW Pacific Ocean

(Encyclopedia) Samoa, chain of volcanic islands in the South Pacific, comprising the independent nation of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa), and E of long. 171° W, the islands of American Samoa, under…

Eddie Sawyer Biography

Eddie SawyerAge: 87 major league baseball manager who led the Philadelphia Phillies' 1950 Whiz Kids to the franchises first NL pennant in 35 years, earning manager of the year kudos; hired…

Charlton Heston

Name at birth: John Charles CarterCharlton Heston's starring roles in epics like The Ten Commandments (1956) and Ben-Hur (1959) made him one of the biggest movie stars of the 1950s. Heston…

John Ford

Name at birth: John Martin FeeneyJohn Ford is one of the most celebrated filmmakers in history, the director of American westerns such as Stagecoach (1939, the movie that made John Wayne a star), She…

Frenchy Bordagaray 2000 Deaths

Frenchy BordagarayAge: 90 third baseman and outfielder on Casey Stengel's Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1930s who showed up to spring training with a mustache hoping to be the first player to sport…

Nine Inch Nails: The Fragile

The FragileNothing/Interscope After two years in studio seclusion, Trent Reznor, the industrial art rocker behind Nine Inch Nails, has come up with a sprawling double disc that's filled with…

Supernova (Film)

Director:Thomas LeeWriter:David WilsonMGM Pictures; PG-13; 91 minutesRelease:1/00Cast:James Spader, Angela Bassett, Lou Diamond Phillips Supernova makes one think of the Aliens series: an…

Nathan BROWNSON, Congress, GA (1742-1796)

BROWNSON, Nathan, a Delegate from Georgia; born in Woodbury, Conn., May 14, 1742; was graduated from Yale College in 1761; studied medicine and practiced in Woodbury; moved to Liberty County,…

Tanya Donelly

Beautysleep4AD/Beggars Banquet She was a driving force behind bands like Belly, The Breeders, and Throwing Muses, bands that put Tanya Donelly on the alt-rock fast track. But she slipped off…