Let's Stretch: Elasticity of DemandLook at These Prices!IntroductionLet's Stretch: Elasticity of DemandWhat Determines Elasticity?Tinkering with MarketsThe Price You Gotta Pay Anyone who has set…
(Encyclopedia) Galuppi, BaldassareGaluppi, Baldassarebäldäs-säˈrā gäl&oomacr;pˈpē [key], 1706–85, Italian composer. A pupil of Lotti, he developed the opera buffa style in the period between…
Tin Pan Alley composerBorn: 10/13/1900Birthplace: Saginaw, Michigan A self-taught pianist, Marks began composing songs in the 1920s and launched a career writing for Broadway musicals and Hollywood…
actressBorn: 9/11/1950Birthplace: Chicago Former rock singer Madigan has garnered several stage and film credits, first coming to notice in Love Child (1982). In her next movie (Places in the Heart…
actressBorn: 11/16/1970Birthplace: New York City Plimpton made her acting debut at age 11 in Rollover (1981). She delivered striking performances opposite Tommy Lee Jones in The River Rat (1984),…
(Ruth Lee Jones)singerBorn: 8/29/1924Birthplace: Tuscaloosa, Alabama Known for her gritty vocal style, the beloved but controversial singer was at home with R&B, blues, jazz, and middle-of-the-…
(Encyclopedia) Voyager, the first airplane to circumnavigate the earth nonstop on a single load of fuel. Designed by Burt Rutan and flown by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, Voyager took off from…
songwriterBorn: 4/22/1858Birthplace: Terre Haute, Ind. Born John Paul Dreiser, Jr., Dresser was the fourth of 13 children and the older brother of famous author Theodore Dreiser. He changed his…
(Encyclopedia) GalleGallegäl [key], city (1995 est. pop. 87,000), capital of Southern prov., extreme S Sri Lanka, on the Indian Ocean. An agricultural market center, it exports tea, rubber, coconut…
Open Laser: 1. Robert Scheidt, BRA (26 pts); 2. Ben Ainslie, GBR (37); 3. Peer Moberg, NOR (46). Tornado: 1. Jose Luis Ballester & Fernando Leon, SPA (30 pts); 2. Mitch Booth & Andrew…
