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2010 Academy Awards

2010 Academy Awards | Oscar winners and nominees The 2010 Academy Awards were presented on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar…

1998 Movie Awards

1998 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best PictureOut of SightBest ActorBrendan Gleeson, The General and I Went DownBest ActressSamantha Morton, Under the Skin Best Supporting Actor (tie)…

Asian American Writers

Maxine Hong KingstonBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports PersonalitiesScientistsEntertainers…

Jacobs, Jane

(Encyclopedia) Jacobs, Jane, 1916–2006, American-Canadian urbanologist, b. Scranton, Pa., as Jane Butzner. She moved to New York City in the 1930s, was an editor (1952–64) of Architectural Forum…

ode

(Encyclopedia) ode, elaborate and stately lyric poem of some length. The ode dates back to the Greek choral songs that were sung and danced at public events and celebrations. The Greek odes of Pindar…

Lorde, Audrey Geraldine

(Encyclopedia) Lorde, Audre, 1934–1992, African-American poet, essayist, and civil rights activist, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (M.L.S. 1961).…

Teller, Edward

(Encyclopedia) Teller, Edward, 1908–2003, American physicist, b. Budapest, Hungary, Ph.D. Univ. of Leipzig, 1930, where he studied under Werner Heisenberg. Fleeing the Nazis, he came to the United…

Schliemann, Heinrich

(Encyclopedia) Schliemann, HeinrichSchliemann, Heinrichhīnˈrĭkh shlēˈmän [key], 1822–90, German archaeologist, discoverer of the ruins of Troy. He accumulated a fortune in the indigo trade and as a…