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Olympic Preview: Baseball

First Olympic Appearance: 1992 by Mike Morrison and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 20082008 Summer Games: Baseball ResultsEncyclopedia: Baseball Baseball became an…

Olympic Preview: Basketball

First Olympic Appearance: 1936 (men); 1976 (women) by Mike Morrison and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 20122008 Summer Games: Basketball ResultsEncyclopedia: Olympic Basketball…

The Year in Movies

There's Something About Carrey While erstwhile feminist films sent off mixed messages, there was no confusing the macho intent of such filmmakers as David Mamet, whose House of Games rehash The…

NFL Football Preview 1999: AFC West

AFC West Denver Broncos - Quarterback John Elway is gone, but running back Terrell Davis isn't. The offense will continue to thrive, but expect a loss or two more this season due…

Duer, William

(Encyclopedia) Duer, WilliamDuer, Williamd&oomacr;ˈər, dy&oomacr;ˈ– [key], 1747–99, political leader in the American Revolution and financier, b. Devonshire, England. He served for a time as…

folk dance

(Encyclopedia) folk dance, primitive, tribal, or ethnic form of the dance, sometimes the survival of some ancient ceremony or festival. The term is used also to include characteristic national dances…

Mallarmé, Stéphane

(Encyclopedia) Mallarmé, StéphaneMallarmé, Stéphanestāfänˈ mälärmāˈ [key], 1842–98, French poet. Mallarmé's great importance is as the chief forebear of the symbolists; the influence of his poetry…

Powell, Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Powell, AnthonyPowell, Anthonypōˈəl [key], 1905–2000, English novelist, grad. Eton and Baillol College, Oxford. A distinguished writer of social comedy, he is best known for his 12-…

Bourgeois, Louise

(Encyclopedia) Bourgeois, LouiseBourgeois, Louiseb&oomacr;rzhwäˈ [key], 1911–2010, French-American sculptor, b. Paris. She married the art historian Robert Goldwater in 1938, emigrated to the…