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Video Game Rating System

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) system for rating video games and computer software by Mark Hughes Related Links Top 10 Video Game Titles Video Games…

Women CEOs

Profiles of leading female CEOs and business executives Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay, speaking at the Intershop Open Conference in 1999. Top Female CEOs Brenda Barnes…

Milton Slocum LATHAM, Congress, CA (1827-1882)

Senate Years of Service: 1860-1863Party: DemocratLATHAM, Milton Slocum, a Representative and a Senator from California; born in Columbus, Ohio, May 23, 1827; pursued classical studies and…

Santa Claus on Film

Celluloid Santas A dip into cinematic history proves that not all Saint Nicks are created equal... by Alicia Potter The snowy beard, the button-straining belly, and the confidence to wear…

Gilbert, William

(Encyclopedia) Gilbert, William, 1544–1603, English scientist and physician. He studied medicine at Cambridge (M.D., 1569), where he was elected a Fellow of St. John's College, and set up practice in…

Nitze, Paul Henry

(Encyclopedia) Nitze, Paul HenryNitze, Paul Henrynĭtˈsə [key], 1907–2004, American public official, b. Amherst, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1927. After working in investment banking, he entered government…

Italian art

(Encyclopedia) Italian art, works of art produced in the geographic region that now constitutes the nation of Italy. Italian art has engendered great public interest and involvement, resulting in the…