Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers by David Johnson Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers are probably the most famous of all fictional romantic couples. The balcony scene where…
actressBorn: 1959Birthplace: Miami, Fla. Popular actress on the indie film scene until her role as the sexually direct Maxine in Spike Jonze's hit Being John Malkovich (1999) earned her an Academy…
(Encyclopedia) Crerar, Thomas Alexander, 1876–1975, Canadian political leader. Under his able direction the United Grain Growers, Ltd., of which he was president (1907–29), became one of the most…
(Encyclopedia) Heckel, ErichHeckel, Erichāˈrĭkh hĕkˈəl [key], 1883–1970, German painter. In 1905, Heckel, together with Kirchner and Schmidt-Rottluff, founded the Brücke in Dresden. His paintings of…
(Encyclopedia) Magdalen IslandsMagdalen Islandsmăgˈdələn [key] or Îles-de-la-MadeleineÎles-de-la-Madeleineēl-də-lä-mädlĕnˈ [key], group of nine main islands and numerous islets (1991 pop. 13,991),…
(Encyclopedia) Marsh, Reginald, 1898–1954, American painter and illustrator, b. Paris. Both his parents were artists. After their return to the United States, he studied at Yale (B.A., 1920). He…
