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Grosvenor Gallery

(Encyclopedia) Grosvenor Gallery, founded in London (1877) by Sir Coutts Lindsay (1839–1913), for the independent exhibition (opening May 1 annually) of paintings and sculpture by established artists…

Kawartha Lakes

(Encyclopedia) Kawartha LakesKawartha Lakeskəwôrˈthə [key], group of 14 lakes, in a region c.50 mi (80 km) long and c.25 mi (40 km) wide, S Ont., Canada, near the towns of Lindsay and Peterborough.…

Day, Clarence Shepard

(Encyclopedia) Day, Clarence Shepard, 1874–1935, American essayist, b. New York City, grad. Yale, 1896. His biographical sketches of his parents, God and My Father (1932), Life with Father (1935),…

Monroe, Harriet

(Encyclopedia) Monroe, Harriet, 1860–1936, American editor, critic, and poet, b. Chicago. In 1912 she founded Poetry: a Magazine of Verse, which paid and encouraged both established and new poets.…

Liberal party, U.S. political party

(Encyclopedia) Liberal party, in U.S. history, political party formed in 1944 in New York City by a group of anti-Communist trade unionists and liberals who withdrew from the American Labor party…

McBain, Howard Lee

(Encyclopedia) McBain, Howard Lee, 1880–1936, American political scientist, b. Toronto, Ont., grad. Richmond (Va.) College, 1900, Ph.D. Columbia, 1907. After teaching at George Washington and…

1996 Olympics: Tennis

Men Singles: 1. Andre Agassi, USA, def. 2. Sergi Bruguera, SPA 6-2, 6-3, 6-1; 3. Leander Paes, IND, def. Fernando Meligeni, BRA 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Doubles: 1. Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde, AUS…