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Hoot Gibson

(Edmund Richard Gibson)actorBorn: 8/6/1892Birthplace: Tekamah, Nebraska Cowboy star with a comedic bent who began his career in the rodeo then began doing stunts for silent films. In 1912, he won…

Anne Heche

actressBorn: 5/25/1969Birthplace: Aurora, Ohio Rising actress who, for better or worse, is best known as comedian Ellen DeGeneres's former lover. Heche has had a number of eye-catching roles in a…

River Rouge

(Encyclopedia) River RougeRiver Rouger&oomacr;zh [key], city (1990 pop. 11,314), Wayne co., SE Mich., an industrial suburb of Detroit, on the Detroit and Rouge rivers; settled c.1817, inc. 1899.…

Cuchulain

(Encyclopedia) CuchulainCuchulainkəh&oobreve;lˈən, –h&oomacr;ˈlən [key], Irish legendary hero of Ulster, of prodigious strength and remarkable beauty. He is the central figure of the Ulster…

Fromentin, Eugène

(Encyclopedia) Fromentin, EugèneFromentin, Eugèneözhĕnˈ frômäNtăNˈ [key], 1820–76, French painter and art critic. After studying in Paris, he traveled in Algeria and painted North African subjects.…

Wateree

(Encyclopedia) WatereeWatereewôtərēˈ [key], river, c.395 mi (635 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge, W N.C., as the Catawba River and flowing E past Hickory and then S past Charlotte into central N S…

Dworkin, Ronald Myles

(Encyclopedia) Dworkin, Ronald Myles, 1931–2013, American legal philosopher. b. Worcester, Mass. A professor at Yale (1962–75), Oxford (1969–98), New York Univ. (1975–2013), and University College…

Kauffmann, Angelica

(Encyclopedia) Kauffmann, AngelicaKauffmann, Angelicaäng-gāˈlēkä koufˈmän [key], 1741–1807, Swiss neoclassical painter and graphic artist. From her youth she was known for her artistic, musical, and…

Younger, Cole

(Encyclopedia) Younger, Cole (Thomas Coleman Younger), 1844–1916, American outlaw, b. Jackson co., Mo. After the Civil War he joined the outlaw band of Jesse James, with whom he had served as a…

Rutger Hauer

actorBorn: 1/23/1944Birthplace: Breukelen, Netherlands Having spent much of the '70s honing his skill in European cinema, Hauer gained the coveted starring role in Grijpstra en de Gier (1979), a…