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Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan—Genius or Informant? Half a century after McCarthyism, the Academy Award-winning director is again under fire for naming names by Rachael Stark Fifty years after the blacklisting of…

Teen Read Week

Pick up a humorous book or a graphic novel and read for the fun of it   Harry Potter #1 on Teens' Top Ten Related Links Teen Read Week from the ALA…

Top Ten Most Influential Feminist Books

The following are infoplease.com's picks for the books that have been the most influential on feminism and the women's movement. by Jennie Wood The Second Sex original…

Normandy campaign

(Encyclopedia) Normandy campaign, June to Aug., 1944, in World War II. The Allied invasion of the European continent through Normandy began about 12:15 a.m. on June 6, 1944 (D-day). The plan, known…

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

(Encyclopedia) Singer, Isaac BashevisSinger, Isaac Bashevisbäshĕvˈĭs [key], 1904–91, American novelist and short-story writer in the Yiddish language, younger brother of I. J. Singer, b. Leoncin,…

British Museum

(Encyclopedia) British Museum, the national repository in London for treasures in science and art. Located in the Bloomsbury section of the city, it has departments of antiquities, prints and…

Iowa

Iowa State Facts Entered Union: Dec. 28, 1846 (29th State) Organized as territory: June 12, 1838 Present constitution adopted: 1857 Fun Facts State abbreviation/Postal code: Iowa/IA Nickname:…

Chechnya

The crisis moves west by Sarah K. Miller This article was posted on October 8, 1999. Russian soldiers, fighting for control of Chechnya, carry a gun near Grozny on Oct. 8, 1999. (…