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Indian-born author Salman Rushdie was building a solid literary reputation in the 1980s. His novels won several prestigious awards. But it was his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, that earned
Indian-born author Salman Rushdie was building a solid literary reputation in the 1980s. His novels won several prestigious awards. But it was his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, that earned
To this day, no woman has ever done what Tracy Austin did at the US Open. Austin won the US Open women’s singles title in 1979, when she was just
Paul Robeson Jr was the grandson of a slave, and son of a prominent and controversial African American actor, singer, and activist. Formally trained as an electrical engineer, Robeson soon
Stand-up comedy has become such a staple of American entertainment that we may forget that it was not that long ago that it was a more rarefied profession. And we
The US supreme Court has been under intense scrutiny the last couple of years, and perhaps no member has been in a harsher spotlight than Clarence Thomas. But Thomas is
She was born into a prominent show business family in 1943, so it was perhaps her destiny to become a successful, award-winning and acclaimed actress. Lynn Redgrave made her theatrical
Major League baseball fans will remember Steve Garvey, the charismatic All-Star first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1970s and 1980s. On the field, Garvey was a superstar.
Tom Keneally has written dozens of books in his career, spanning from the 1960s. But the one book with which you may be most familiar is his prize-winning 1982 book
What is it about growing older? That seems to really freak some people out? Yes, you can talk the good talk about growing old gracefully at all that. But some
His story may sound like something from a scary science fiction movie. Or from an episode of South Park. But in 1996, a former Army intelligence officer named David Morehouse