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The Stolen Base Record for Catchers

The Question: My husband is a sports trivia enthusiast and wants to know who holds the all-time record for stolen bases by a catcher? The Answer…

Movies and Film: Exhibition(ists)

Exhibition(ists)Movies and FilmFilm Financing, Production, and DistributionProduction, Distribution, ExhibitionDistributionExhibition(ists)Stars' BucksIndependent Films TodayForeign FilmsSome Films…

Movies and Film: Foreign Films

Foreign FilmsMovies and FilmFilm Financing, Production, and DistributionProduction, Distribution, ExhibitionDistributionExhibition(ists)Stars' BucksIndependent Films TodayForeign FilmsSome Films…

Oscar Robertson

Born: Nov. 24, 1938Basketball G 3-time College Player of Year (1958-60) at Cincinnati; led 1960 U.S. Olympic team to gold medal; NBA Rookie of Year (1961); 9-time All-NBA 1st team; MVP in 1964 with…

Hawaii, University of

(Encyclopedia) Hawaii, University of, at Honolulu (Manoa Campus), Hilo, and Pearl City (West Oahu Campus) with additional community college campuses; land-grant and state supported; coeducational;…

White, Edmund

(Encyclopedia) White, Edmund (Edmund Valentine White 3d), 1940–, American writer, b. Cincinnati, B.A. Univ. of Michigan, 1962. White is one of the best known—and probably the finest stylist—of the…

Tim Wong

high technology executive While still a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Wong started working for his family's high technology business, Arcata Associates, Inc., based in Las…

Minerals and Gems

Minerals are solid, inorganic (not living) substances that are found in and on earth. Most are chemical compounds, which means they are made up of two or more elements. For example, the mineral…

Yard Sales

The Yard Sale Your patriotic duty by Gerry Brown Summer has us all in her sweaty palms. The cliched images of "Summertime in America" surround us: Going to the beach,…