(Encyclopedia) Green, Matthew, 1696–1737, English poet. His one important poem, The Spleen (1737), marked by its wit, was in praise of the contemplative life.
(Encyclopedia) Green Revolution, term referring mainly to dramatic increases in cereal-grain yields in many developing countries beginning in the late 1960s, due largely to use of genetically…
(Encyclopedia) DeLay, Tom (Thomas Dale DeLay), 1947–, American politician, b. Laredo, Tex., grad. Univ. of Houston (B.S., 1970). A conservative Republican businessman, he entered politics (1979) as a…
management consultant, authorBorn: 1942Birthplace: Baltimore, Md. Having cut his consulting teeth at McKinsey and Co. (1974–81), he then established his own firm, the Tom Peters Group. He co-wrote…
Born: 6/3/1959Birthplace: Ottumwa, Iowa Produced and appeared in hit television series Roseanne (1989–94), then played the title role in the series The Jackie Thomas Show (1992) and Tom (1994).…
radio and television personalityBorn: 5/12/1936Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Snyder began his broadcasting career at age 21, switched to television to work as a local news anchor, and eventually…
(Encyclopedia) Gretna Green, village, Dumfries and Galloway, S Scotland, on the border with England. It was famous as a place of runaway marriages from 1754, when English marriage law was tightened,…
folk/rock musicianBorn: 10/20/1950Birthplace: Gainesville, Florida Having begun playing guitar at 13 with an instrument his mother ordered through the Sears catalog, Petty went on to form (and…
