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stenography
STENOGRAPHER An individual who records court proceedings either in shorthand or through the use of a paper-punching device. A court stenographer is an officer of the court and is generally considered to be a state or public official. Appointment of a court stenographer is largely governed by... Read more |
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Aimee Mann
Mann, Aimee Singer, songwriter, bass guitarist For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This was not only the essence of the great physicist Sir Isaac Newton's third law of motion, it also seemed to be the governing principle of Aimee Mann's life. Her breakthrough success with 'Til... Read more |
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Alvin Youngblood Hart
Hart, Alvin Youngblood1963— Musician Steeped in the acoustic blues tradition of his Mississippi ancestors, guitarist and singer Alvin Youngblood Hart has earned both critical and popular acclaim. His songs honor the blues heritage of such seminal figures as Leadbelly and Robert Johnson, but also... Read more |
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Shakira
Shakira: 1977—: Singer, songwriter By the time Shakira released her first English language album, 2001's Laundry Service, she had long been an international star in the Spanish speaking world. With four records—the first recorded when she was just thirteen—the petite Colombian... Read more |
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Sidney Herbert 1st Baron Herbert of Lea
Herbert, Sidney, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (1810–61). Politician. Herbert was educated at Harrow and Oxford. He entered the Commons as a Conservative in 1832, being in office in 1834–5 and 1841–6. In 1845–6 and 1852–5 he was secretary of war, being less blamed than... Read more |
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Topsy
Topsy name of the young slave girl in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), who says of herself ‘I s'pect I growed. Don't think nobody never made me.’ From this, Topsy is taken as the type of something which seems to have grown of itself without anyone's intention or... Read more |
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Karen Clark
Karen Clark-Sheard Gospel singer Gospel singer Karen Clark-Sheard has performed with her older sisters since she was six years old. The Clark sisters, Jacky, Denise, Elbernita (Twinkie), Dorinda, and Karen, grew up in Detroit and learned to sing from their mother, the legendary gospel performer... Read more |
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Coolio
Coolio Rap artist Lessons Learned at an Early Age From the Streets to the Charts Selected discography Sources Unlike other rappers out there just saying what they see, Coolio offers solutions. “Just because you’re from the west coast, and you talk about some real s—, you get... Read more |
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