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	Sherry Lansing LANSING, Sherry Nationality:American. Born:Sherry Lee Lansing in Chicago, 31 July 1944. Family:Married to film director William Friedkin. Education:B.S. in theatre, summa cum laude, Northwestern University, 1966. Career:Began teaching high school... Read more
	Robin Wagner Wagner, Robin 1933–PERSONALFull name, Robin Samuel Anton Wagner; born August 31, 1933, in San Francisco, CA; son of Jens Otto and Phyllis Edna Catherine (maiden name, Smith-Spurgeon) Wagner; married Paula (a producer; divorced); children: Kurt, Leslie, Christie. Education: Attended California School... Read more
	Louis Honore Frechette Louis Honoré Fréchette , 1839-1908, French Canadian poet and politician, b. Lévis, Que. He worked (1865-71) as a journalist in Chicago and while there wrote a volume of poetry entitled La Voix d'un exilé [the voice of an exile] (1866-68). Returning to Canada, he served... Read more
	amontillado amontillado , dry sherry noted for its delicate bouquet, resembling the wine of Montilla, Spain, from which it derives its name. A blend of pale, dry sherries of the palma type, it assumes in aging a darker color.... Read more
	Andre Rigaud André Rigaud , 1761-1811, Haitian mulatto general in the wars that liberated Haiti. Educated, but vain, he believed in the superiority of mulattoes. He sought (1798-1800) unsuccessfully to wrest the leadership from Toussaint L'Ouverture . In 1802 he went to France, returned with General... Read more
	Paula Rego Rego, Paula (1935– ). Portuguese-born British painter of figure, animal, and fantasy subjects. Her parents were Anglophiles and sent her to London, where she studied at the Slade School, 1952–6. It was at the Slade that she met her husband, the painter Victor Willing... Read more
	Sherri Shepherd Sherri Shepherd1970– Comedian, actress When comedian Sherri Shepherd graduated from high school, her thoughts were on becoming a mortician or a secretary. Secretary won, and she spent years toiling in secretarial jobs before coming to rely on her natural talent for humor as a stand-up comedian and... Read more
	sherry sherry [from Jérez], naturally dry fortified wine, pale amber to brown in tint. The term sherry originally referred to wines made from grapes grown in the region of Jérez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain; today it may refer to any of the fortified wines from S Spain and is also... Read more
	Ellen Glasgow Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn... Read more
	Robert Lansing Robert Lansing 1864-1928, U.S. Secretary of State (1915-20), b. Watertown, N.Y. An authority in the field of international law, he founded the American Journal of International Law in 1907 and remained an editor of it until his death. He served as counsel for the United States in several... Read more