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Jay Livingston 2001 Deaths

Jay LivingstonAge: 86 pop composer and lyricist who, with Ray Evans, scored more than 80 films and won three Best Song Oscars for “Que Sera Sera,” “Buttons and Bows,” and “Mona Lisa.”…

Virginia Randolph Biography

Virginia Randolph educatorBorn: 6/8/1874Birthplace: Richmond, Va.   The daughter of former slaves, Randolph became a teacher at age 16. As a teacher at the Mountain Road School in Virginia's…

"The Big Apple"

The Question: Why is New York City called the Big Apple? The Answer: According to the Museum of the City of New York, the phrase "big apple" was first used…

Impeached or not?

The Question: We have a running debate going on about the use of the word "impeached." By definition, impeachment is merely a formal accusation brought…

Vain Empires

Author:William LoganPublisher:Penguin USA In the world of poetry, 1998 marched across the calendar cadenced by an unexceptional gait. Much of the output was either sentimentalized or ironic…

Cremaster 2

Director/Writer:Matthew BarneyGlacier Field; NR; 79 minutesRelease:10/99Cast:Matthew Barney, Norman Mailer, Lauren Pine Gap model turned artist Matthew Barney has completed Cremaster 2,…

Immanuel Kant

German philosopher Immanuel Kant's position as one of the greats in Western metaphysics comes from works he published late in life, including Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and The Fundamental…

Starsailor

Love Is HereCapitol Starsailor has become England's most celebrated new band of late, thanks no doubt to three big U.K. singles. That trio of tracks, the breakthrough “Fever,” the uplifting “…

Marianne Moore

Marianne Craig Moore was an American modernist poet who won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for her 1951 edition of Collected Poems. Raised in Pennsylvania and a 1909 graduate of Bryn…