Teen readers across the country vote for the best from the American Library Association Harry Potter #1 on Teens' Top Ten Related Links Teen Read Week from the ALA Teens'…
actor, comedian, writerBorn: 3/14/1947Birthplace: Long Beach, New York Versatile comedic performer who has enjoyed such hits as the angst-ridden slapstick movie City Slickers (1991) and the…
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…
The Question: How come the middle names are listed for every U.S. President except Harry S. Truman? What does the "S" stand for? The Answer: You have hit on an…
(Encyclopedia) Clark, Tom Campbell, 1899–1977, U.S. attorney general (1945–49), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1949–67), b. Dallas, Tex.; father of Ramsey Clark. He received his law…
The Question: When and where was the first movie theater? The Answer: The first theater in the world exclusively devoted to showing motion pictures was the…
POE, Ted, a Representative from Texas; born in Temple, Bell County, Tex., September 10, 1948; B.A., Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Tex., 1970; JD., University of Houston, Houston, Tex…
(Encyclopedia) Metropolitan Opera Company, term used in referring collectively to the organizations that have produced opera at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. The original house, at…
