(Encyclopedia) Weber and FieldsWeber and Fieldswĕbˈər [key], American comedy team. The partners were Joe Weber (Joseph Maurice Weber), 1867–1942, and Lew Fields (Lewis Maurice Schanfield), 1867–1941…
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weights and measures, units and standards for expressing the amount of some quantity, such as length, capacity, or weight; the science of measurement standards and methods is…
actressBorn: 9/25/1969Birthplace: Swansea, Wales Best known for her stunning looks and for becoming Mrs. Michael Douglas, Zeta-Jones was a child star in her native Wales. An understudy at 15 in the…
(Encyclopedia) Crosby, Sidney Patrick, 1987–, Canadian ice hockey player, b. Cole Harbour, N.S. The first draft pick in 2005, Crosby, scored 120 points in his second season with the Pittsburgh…
Distributor:Spoken Arts David Hyde Pierce brilliantly narrates this humorous tale of three sisters seeking buttons for their father’s britches. This video lightheartedly contrasts the sisters'…
Natalie ColeArchive PhotosRecord of the Year“Unforgettable,” Natalie Cole with Nat King ColeAlbum of the YearUnforgettable, Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole (Elektra)Song of the Year“Unforgettable…
actress and singerBorn: Dec. 28, 1925Birthplace: Ulm, Germany Knef, a German actress and smoky-voiced singer, earned fame in the U.S. for her performance as a Soviet commissar in Cole Porter's Silk…
(Encyclopedia) sonnet, poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, restricted to a definite rhyme scheme. There are two prominent types: the Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet, composed of an octave…
(Encyclopedia) lyric, in ancient Greece, a poem accompanied by a musical instrument, usually a lyre. Although the word is still often used to refer to the songlike quality in poetry, it is more…
(Encyclopedia) Jefferson City, city (1990 pop. 35,481), state capital and seat of Cole co., central Mo., on the south bank of the Missouri River, near the mouth of the Osage; inc. 1825. The state…
