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White Wings White Wings
White Wings (1926), a comedy by Philip Barry. [Booth Theatre, 27 perf.] Archie Inch ( Tom Powers) is proud that he is the latest in a long line of street cleaners, or white wings, who clean up after horses. He is so proud, in fact, that he threatens to break off his romance with Mary Todd (... Read more
Johnathan Rodgers Johnathan Rodgers
Johnathan Rodgers 1946— Television executive Johnathan Rodgers is among the nation's most influential television executives. He served as the highest-ranking black executive at an American television network from 1990 to 1996; then expanded Discovery Network into a multi-billion dollar... Read more
Ganesha Ganesha
Ganesha Ganesha, the god of good fortune and wisdom, is one of the most popular Hindu deities.People call upon him at the beginning of any task, because his blessing supposedly ensures success. Ganesha is portrayed as a short man with a pot belly, four hands, and an... Read more
Albert the Bear Albert the Bear
Albert the Bear c.1100-1170, first margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70). He was a loyal vassal of Holy Roman Emperor Lothair II, who, as duke of Saxony, helped him take (1123) Lower Lusatia and the eastern march of Saxony. Albert lost these lands in 1131. He was rewarded (1134) for his share in... Read more
Guelphs Guelphs
Guelphs , European dynasty tracing its descent from the Swabian count Guelph or Welf (9th cent.), whose daughter Judith married the Frankish emperor Louis I. Guelph III (d. 1055) was made (1047) duke of Carinthia and margrave of Verona. Without male heirs, he was succeeded by his nephew, Guelph IV,... Read more
Rhodri Rhodri
Rhodri (d. 878), king of Gwynedd, Powys, and Deheubarth (844–78), known as Rhodri Mawr (‘the Great’). The son of Merfyn Frych (‘the Freckled’), king of Gwynedd, and Nest of Powys, Rhodri assembled a dominion that inspired others to attempt the same; the later... Read more
Paul Zindel Paul Zindel
Paul Zindel From Pulitzer prize-winning playwright to young adult fiction writer, American author Paul Zindel (born 1936) turned his real-life turbulent teens into fictional stories to show teenagers that their lives and feelings do matter. Paul Zindel did not choose to become a playwright,... Read more
George Gordon 2nd marquis of Huntly George Gordon 2nd marquis of Huntly
Huntly, George Gordon, 2nd marquis of [S] (1592–1649). Huntly played a curiously ineffective role in Scotland during the Civil War. He spent much of his early life at the court of James I and then in France. In 1632 he was created Viscount Aboyne [S] and succeeded his father as 2nd marquis... Read more
Travis Tritt Travis Tritt
Travis Tritt Singer, songwriter, guitarist As one of his songs says, Travis Tritt has put some "drive" into country music. Tritt's hard-rocking, rowdy style has had observers labeling him as the latest addition to the "outlaw" tradition—the arm of country music that has a rock-and-roll... Read more
Thomas Chatterton Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton 1752-70, English poet. The posthumous son of a poor Bristol schoolmaster, he was already composing the "Rowley Poems" at the age of 12, claiming they were copies of 15th-century manuscripts at the Church of St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. In 1769 he sent several of these poems to... Read more

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