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make-up
make-up, or cosmetics, along with clothing fashions, jewellery, body piercing, tattooing, and hair adornment, is one of the many forms of body decoration regularly practised around the world. Like hairstyles and clothing fashions, make-up is usually a temporary form of adornment, one that can be... Read more |
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Earl Klugh
Earl Klugh1953– Guitarist Over his more than three-decade-long career, Earl Klugh has come to be considered "one of the finest acoustic guitar players," according to Brian D. Holland of Modern Guitars Magazine. Though often referred to as a jazz guitarist, Klugh has resisted critics' attempts to... Read more |
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Zipper
Zipper Background Fasteners have come a long way since the early bone or horn pins and bone splinters. Many devices were designed later that were more efficient; such fasteners included buckles, laces, safety pins, and buttons. Buttons with buttonholes, while still an... Read more |
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Bernard Hopkins
Bernard Hopkins1965— Boxer Bernard Hopkins was one of the great middleweight champions of all time and, for much of his career, the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport of boxing. Nicknamed the "Executioner" for the way he dispatches opponents and for the way he enters the ring before a... Read more |
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Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus 1940- American golfer For over four decades Jack Nicklaus has been one of the greatest players to ever pick up a club. The man known as the Golden Bear is one of only five golfers to ever win all four major tournaments. But more than that, Nicklaus remained dominant in the sport... Read more |
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Chris Tucker
Chris Tucker 1973(?)– Funny from the Start The Big Time An Amalgam of Influences Sources Comedian, actor Although comics like Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, and Robin Harris helped break down some of the barriers for African American comedians, very few outlets exist whereupon young... Read more |
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Pam Tillis
Pam Tillis Singer, songwriter Produced Own Music Change of Pace Acting Repertoire Selected discography Sources No female performer of the 1990s did more to revitalize country music than Pam Tillis. She pushed the boundaries of the genre by incorporating the pop, jazz, blues, and folk influences of... Read more |
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Steve Harvey
Steve Harvey1957(?)– Comedian, actor Stand-up comedians often use their profession as a springboard to the entertainment big time—work in television or in film—but not Steve Harvey. Harvey saw television and film as tools to make him a better stand-up. As he told the Chicago Tribune: "My goal has... Read more |
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Jay-Z
Jay-Z Rap musician, record company executive Jay-Z is all too familiar with the hard knock life. In his hit single "Hard Knock Life," Jay-Z samples the musical Annie 's signature song of the same name. "These kids sing about the hard knock life, things everyone in the ghetto feels coming up," Jay-Z... Read more |
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leeway
leeway, the distance a ship is set down to leeward of its course by the action of wind or tide. A vessel can make a lot of leeway if a strong cross tide is running or if its keel is not long enough or deep enough to hold it up to the wind. The word also has a colloquial meaning as having fallen... Read more |
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