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Shakespeare on Film

Infoplease picks the best film adaptations of Shakespeare by Shmuel Ross Relatively Faithful Adaptations • Looser Adaptations • Shakespeare as Launching Pad   Relatively Faithful…

Best-Selling Children's Books, 2003

Source: Publishers Weekly.HardcoverHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J. K. RowlingThe Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events #10), Lemony Snicket; illustrated by Brett…

Most active in U.S. Cities

In early 2008, Travelandleisure.com and CNN Headline News asked more than 125,000 Americans what they like—and don't like—about 25 large American cities and…

James Danforth (Dan) QUAYLE, Congress, IN (1947)

Senate Years of Service: 1981-1989Party: RepublicanQUAYLE, James Danforth (Dan), (father of Ben Quayle), a Representative and a Senator from Indiana and a Vice President of the United States;…

Orin FOWLER, Congress, MA (1791-1852)

FOWLER, Orin, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Lebanon, Conn., July 29, 1791; pursued classical studies and attended Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.; was graduated from Yale…

Geography Hall of Fame

Largest Continent: Asia, 17,212,000 square miles Smallest Continent: Australia, 3,132,000 square miles Highest Mountain: Mount Everest, Himalayan Mountains, Nepal…

John Henry STARIN, Congress, NY (1825-1909)

STARIN, John Henry, (grandson of Thomas Sammons), a Representative from New York; born in Sammonsville, Fulton County (then a part of Montgomery County), N.Y., August 27, 1825; pursued an…

Frank Mellen NYE, Congress, MN (1852-1935)

NYE, Frank Mellen, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Shirley, Piscataquis County, Maine, March 7, 1852; moved to Wisconsin with his parents, who settled on a farm near River Falls,…