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Harry Potter Movie Stars

Bringing the Potter books to the big screen by Shmuel Ross Daniel Radcliffe Related Links Order of the Phoenix Movie Review Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Quiz: Order of the…

2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to drama to music Related Links Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine,…

Beach Boys, The

(Encyclopedia) Beach Boys, The, American rock music band formed in 1961 by brothers Brian Wilson, 1942–, Dennis Wilson, 1944–83, and Carl…

Bernanke, Ben Shalom

(Encyclopedia) Bernanke, Ben ShalomBernanke, Ben Shalombĕrnăngkˈē [key], 1953–, U.S. economist and government official, b. Augusta, Ga.; grad. Harvard (B.A., 1975), Massachusetts Institute of…

Housman, A. E.

(Encyclopedia) Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward Housman)Housman, A. E.housˈmən [key], 1859–1936, English poet and scholar, whose verse exerted a strong influence on later poets. He left Oxford without a…

Isherwood, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Isherwood, ChristopherIsherwood, Christopherishˈərw&oobreve;d [key], 1904–86, British-American author. After the appearance of his first novel, All the Conspirators (1928),…

Baker, Ella Josephine

(Encyclopedia) Baker, Ella Josephine, 1903–1986, U.S. civil rights activist, b. Norfolk, Va. Ella Baker was an activist and organizer whose…

strength of materials

(Encyclopedia) strength of materials, measurement in engineering of the capacity of metal, wood, concrete, and other materials to withstand stress and strain. Stress is the internal force exerted by…

South Carolina

South Carolina State Facts Entered Union: May 23, 1788 (8th State) Present constitution adopted: 1895 Fun Facts State abbreviation/Postal code: S.C./SC Nickname: Palmetto State Origin of…