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Holiday Movie Preview 2000

Holiday Film Faves What Women Want, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and All the Pretty Horses by Beth Rowen What Women WantOpens December 15 Prerelease buzz has blockbuster written…

Notable Tennis Players

René Lacoste See also People in the News Recent Obituaries Related Links Wimbledon Fun Facts Davis Cup Championships Federation Cup Championships U.S. National and Open Champions…

1959 Grammy Awards

Record of the Year“Mack the Knife,” Bobby DarinAlbum of the YearCome Dance With Me, Frank Sinatra (Capitol)Song of the Year“The Battle of New Orleans,” Jimmy Driftwood, songwriterBest Artist of…

Rules That Needed to be Broken

"Open" for Business — Tennis (1968) Cause: Tennis was split between two parties - amateurs and professionals - and each had what the other wanted. The amateurs were playing in the…

science fiction

(Encyclopedia) science fiction, literary genre in which a background of science or pseudoscience is an integral part of the story. Although science fiction is a form of fantastic literature, many of…

Arizona

Capital: Phoenix State abbreviation/Postal code: Ariz./AZ Governor: Doug Ducey, R (to Jan. 2019) Senators: Jeff Flake, R (to Jan. 2019…

Other 2007 PGA Tour Winners

(Through Nov. 28, 2007) 2007 golf tour winners from the Mercedes Championship to the Children's Miracle Network Classic. Tournament—winner Winnings…

Selected Country Musicians

Hank Williams See also Notable Women Musicians and Dancers Notable African-American Musicians Notable African-American Visual and Performing Artists Asian American Artists and…

Smith, Adam

(Encyclopedia) Smith, Adam, 1723–90, Scottish economist, educated at Glasgow and Oxford. He became professor of moral philosophy at the Univ. of Glasgow in 1752, and while teaching there wrote his…