(Encyclopedia) Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank Baum)Baum, L. Frankbôm [key], 1856–1919, American journalist, playwright, and author of children's stories, b. Chittenango, N.Y. He and his family moved to…
(Encyclopedia) Chancellor, Richard, d. 1556, English navigator. When, largely under the inspiration of Sebastian Cabot, a group of men in England undertook to finance a search for the Northeast…
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 2009; the winners are listed below. Eligible recordings were released between…
(Encyclopedia) Whitelaw of Penrith, William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, Viscount, 1918–99, British politician. A Scottish landowner and cattle farmer, he was elected to Parliament as a Conservative in 1955…
(Encyclopedia) Girard College, in Philadelphia, an elementary and secondary boarding school for children with financial need from single-parent or parentless families. It opened 1848 with a bequest,…
Record of the Year“Kiss From a Rose,” SealAlanis MorissetteArchive PhotosAlbum of the YearJagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (Maverick/Reprise)Song of the Year“Kiss From a Rose,” Seal,…
(Encyclopedia) chiropracticchiropractickīrəprăkˈtĭk [key] [Gr.,=doing by hand], medical practice based on the theory that all disease results from a disruption of the functions of the nerves. The…
(Encyclopedia) Fermi, EnricoFermi, Enricoĕnrēˈkō fĕrˈmē [key], 1901–54, American physicist, b. Italy. He studied at Pisa, Göttingen, and Leiden, and taught physics at the universities of Florence and…
