musicianBorn: 9/26/1963Birthplace: Richmond, California Lead singer of the alternative rock band Primus. Their debut album was titled Suck on This (1989). In 1993 their album Pork Soda debuted on…
inventorBorn: 28 November 1928Best Known as: inventor of the computerized telephone switching Erna Hoover invented the first computerized telephone switching system…
(Encyclopedia) crossbill, bird of the genus Loxia, in the finch family. Its bill, crossed at the tips, is specialized for pulling apart pine cones and picking out the seeds. Crossbills are found in…
(Encyclopedia) Intolerable Acts, name given by American patriots to five laws (including the Quebec Act) adopted by Parliament in 1774, which limited the political and geographical freedom of the…
(Encyclopedia) Hewlett, William RedingtonHewlett, William Redingtonhy&oomacr;ˈlĭt [key], 1913–2001, American engineer and business executive, b. Ann Arbor, Mich., grad. Stanford (B.S. 1934,…
(Encyclopedia) Auerbach, Red (Arnold Jacob Auerbach)Auerbach, Redouˈərbăkˌ, –bäkˌ [key], 1917–2006, American basketball coach and executive, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. As coach of the Boston Celtics (1950–66…
(Encyclopedia) kookaburrakookaburrak&oobreve;kˈəbûrˌə [key], common name for a squat, long-tailed Australian kingfisher, Dacelo novaeguineae. It is one of the largest birds of the family…
(Encyclopedia) lyrebird, common name for Australian passerine birds named for the appearance of the tail plumage of the male superb lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae, when displayed during courtship.…
