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NFL Football Preview 1999: AFC East

AFC East New York Jets - Well that didn't take long, did it? In just two seasons, coach Bill Parcells took a team that was 1-15, the laughingstock of the NFL, and transformed it…

2007 Grammy Awards

The 50th Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 10, 2008. Record: “Rehab,” Amy…

Bill Moyers

journalist, public officialBorn: 6/5/1934Birthplace: Hugo, Oklahoma Bill Moyers has had a long and varied career that includes a stint as deputy director of the Peace Corps (1961–63). A special…

Selected Biographies: I

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+ biographies Biographies…

Presidential Quotes

Words from each American president Compiled by David Johnson Note: Dates indicate term of office. Choose a president: George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James…

Marprelate controversy

(Encyclopedia) Marprelate controversyMarprelate controversymärˈprĕlˌĭt [key], a 16th-century English religious argument. Martin Marprelate was the pseudonym under which appeared several Puritan…

Udall, John

(Encyclopedia) Udall, UdalUdall, Udalboth: y&oomacr;ˈdəl [key], or Uvedale, JohnUvedale, Johny&oomacr;ˈdəl, y&oomacr;vˈdāl [key], 1560?–1592, English clergyman, educated at Cambridge. He…

Jeux Floraux, Académie des

(Encyclopedia) Jeux Floraux, Académie desJeux Floraux, Académie desäkädāmēˈ dā jö flôrōˈ [key] [Fr.,=academy of floral games], one of the oldest known literary societies. It was founded (c.1323) at…