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New Orleans, the New Atlantis?

And other recent science discoveries by Otto Johnson More Discoveries IntroductionIce Age Haute CoutureAntisocial Brain Tissue DeficitFirst Cloned PigletsSnakes with Legs?Our…

McComb, John

(Encyclopedia) McComb, John, 1763–1853, American architect, b. New York City. He was chiefly known for the New York City Hall (1803–12), one of the finest American buildings of the postcolonial…

Walt Whitman: O Star of France [1870-71]

O Star of France [1870-71]O star of France, The brightness of thy hope and strength and fame, Like some proud ship that led the fleet so long, Beseems to-day a wreck driven by the gale, a…

chartreuse

(Encyclopedia) chartreusechartreuseshärtr&oomacr;zˈ [key], liqueur made exclusively by Carthusians at their monastery, La Grande Chartreuse, France, until their expulsion in 1903. The French…

Slidell, John

(Encyclopedia) Slidell, JohnSlidell, Johnslīdĕlˈ, slīˈdəl [key], 1793–1871, American political leader and diplomat, b. New York City. He became a prominent lawyer and political figure in New Orleans…

2001 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Picture:Mulholland DriveBest Actor:Tom Wilkinson, In the BedroomBest Actress:Sissy Spacek, In the BedroomBest Supporting Actor:Steve Buscemi, Ghost WorldBest Supporting Actress:Helen…