(Encyclopedia) Tobias, Philip Valentine, 1925–2012, South African paleoanthropologist, b. Durban. He graduated from the Univ. of Witwatersrand (Ph.D., 1953) and taught there for five decades. Tobias…
(Encyclopedia) Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Juliette Gordon Low. It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts (see Scouts) and Girl Guides…
(Encyclopedia) Gottschalk or GottschalckGottschalkboth: gôtˈshälk [key], d. c.868, German theologian; son of the count of Saxony. He was placed as a boy in the monastery of Fulda (c.822). He did not…
Gunn's Barn Pursuit from Bethany Longmeadow Brook The breakfast in the barn was dispatched speedily and in silence; and then Graham, drawing his pipe from his pocket, and lighting it…
Director/Writer:Rick FamuyimaParamount; 106 minutes; RRelease:7/99Cast:Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, Taye Diggs The Wood tells the tale of three black friends from the L.A. suburb of Inglewood…
(Encyclopedia) Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th earl ofAberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th earl ofăbˌədēnˈ [key], 1784–1860, British statesman. He served (1813) as ambassador extraordinary at…
(Encyclopedia) Friendly, Fred W., 1915–98, American broadcaster and author, b. New York City as Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer. He began his career at age 22 at a radio station in Providence where…
The Pirate Ship The Return Home "Hook or Me this Time" Odd things happen to all of us on our way through life without our noticing for a time that they have happened. Thus, to take…
FriendThough very happy in the social atmosphere about her, and very busy with the daily work that earned her bread and made it sweeter for the effort, Jo still found time for literary labors…
