(Encyclopedia) Seeger, Pete (Peter Seeger), 1919–2014, American folksinger, composer, and environmentalist, b. New York City. Seeger, a son of musicologist Charles Seeger and violinist Constance…
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(Encyclopedia) Lomax, John AveryLomax, John Averylōˈmăks [key], 1867–1948, American folklorist, b. Goodman, Miss. Lomax's first book, Cowboy Songs (1910), contained for the first time in print such…
Tie, 7-7 (11 inn.) 73rd Baseball All-Star Game. Date: July 9 at Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wis.; Managers: Joe Torre, New York (AL) and Bob Brenly, Arizona (NL); Ted Williams Award (MVP): not…
70th Baseball All-Star Game. Date: July 13 at Fenway Park, Boston, Mass.; Managers: Joe Torre, New York (AL) and Bruce Bochy, San Diego (NL); Most Valuable Player: P Pedro Martinez, Boston (…
(Encyclopedia) Isherwood, ChristopherIsherwood, Christopherishˈərw&oobreve;d [key], 1904–86, British-American author. After the appearance of his first novel, All the Conspirators (1928),…
(Encyclopedia) Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, masterpiece of Sir Christopher Wren and one of the finest church designs of the English baroque. It stands at the head of Ludgate Hill, where, according…
