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Historical BackgroundSince the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade, the legal, moral, and political controversy surrounding the abortion issue has polarized the American public. Two camps…
Gene PitneyAge: 65 wholesome tenor who crooned about teen heartbreak in dozens of hits in the 1960s, many of which were produced by Phil Spector and penned by Burt Bachrach and Carole King.…
(Encyclopedia) Naipaul, V. S. (Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul)Naipaul, V. S.nīpôlˈ [key], 1932–2018, English writer, b. Chaguanas, Trinidad; grad. University College, Oxford, 1953. Naipul, whose…
Gene Siskel(Eugene Kal Siskel)Age: 53 familiar Chicago Tribune film critic who achieved fame through his television pairing with rival–turned–pal Roger Ebert. The two became major film-…
Gene Raymond (Raymond Guion)Age: 89 Raymond acted on Broadway and starred in more than 40 films, including Zoo in Budapest and Flying Down to Rio. He was also a decorated bomber pilot in WWII…
Gene BossardAge: 80 a Chicago White Sox groundskeeper for 40 years whose infields were dubbed "Bossard's Swamp" because the grass was so wet it slowed down ground balls; after retiring he…
Historical BackgroundThe Warren Court left an unprecedented legacy of judicial activism in the area of civil rights law as well as in the area of civil liberties-specifically, the rights of…
Vicki Sue RobinsonAge: 46 singer and songwriter best known for the 1976 disco anthem, “Turn the Beat Around.” She recently starred in Vicki Sue Robinson: Behind the Beat, an autobiographical…
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