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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello See also Women Comediennes People in the News Recent Obituaries Related Links American Film Institute's 100 Funniest Movies Movie Awards Biographies by…

2009 People in the News

See also 2008 People in the News 2007 People in the News 2006 People in the News 2005 People in the News 2004 People in the…

Back to School at the Movies

Lights! Camera! Learning! Shakespeare on the Silver Screen by Beth Rowen Hamlet Kenneth Branagh as the mad prince It was no small feat putting Shakespeare's magnum opus on the big…

Liszt, Franz

(Encyclopedia) Liszt, FranzLiszt, Franzfränts lĭst [key], 1811–86, Hungarian composer and pianist. Liszt was a revolutionary figure of romantic music and was acknowledged as the greatest pianist of…

Buddha

(Encyclopedia) BuddhaBuddhab&oomacr;ˈdə, b&oobreve;– [key] [Skt.,=the enlightened One], usual title given to the founder of Buddhism. He is also called the Tathagata [he who has come thus],…

Fort Worth, Tex.

Mayor: Betsy Price (to 2017)City Manager: Tom Higgins2010 census population (rank): 741,206 (16); Male: 363,896 (49.3%); Female: 377,310 (50.7%); White: 452,885 (63.0%); Black: 140,133 (18.0%);…

Pearl Harbor Remembered

"A date which will live in infamy" by Gerry Brown The USS Arizona gouts smoke before finally going underwater. Related Links Encyclopedia: Pearl Harbor Encyclopedia: World War II…

The Horn Book Award

For the most outstanding juvenile books in the U.S.: one award for outstanding fiction, one for outstanding nonfiction, one for outstanding illustration (since 1976); given by the Boston Globe…

2004 Notable Books for Children

These books were chosen by a committee of librarians, educators, and other professionals for the Association for Library Service to Children. Younger Readers…