analytic philosophy: Ordinary language philosophy: …in the posthumously published lectures How to Do Things with Words (1962), set a trend that was followed in a sizable literature in the philosophy of language. Austin took the total “speech act” as the starting point of analysis, and this allowed him to make distinctions based not only upon…

Advertisements for donating that unused car you just happen to have sitting around seem to be everywhere. Whether it’s a public radio station or your favorite charity, lots of organizations have gotten into the “give us your unwanted car” game. And there’s good reason to consider it. Donating an

Joseph Beuys: …one of his best-known actions, How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare (1965), Beuys covered his head with honey and gold leaf, wore one shoe soled with felt and one with iron, and walked through an art gallery for about two hours, quietly explaining the art therein to a…

Like many things the baby boomers have ushered in during their lifetimes, the rules of retirement—if ever there were any—have changed. Today’s retirees consider this milestone as the first day of the rest of their lives, which could be another 30 years, and are toying with post-retirement jobs or

Barbara Kingsolver: …she published the poetry collection How to Fly (in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons).

If a scammer gains access to your personal information, they could open fraudulent credit accounts in your name—borrowing money or opening credit cards, for example. One swift way to prevent that: Freeze your credit and halt scammers in their tracks. Putting a freeze on your credit is a powerful

Technically, you’re not supposed to touch the money in your 401(k) until you’re at least 59 1/2—and for good reason. Unless you’re in dire straits, it’ll cost you. The IRS charges a 20% tax withholding and a 10% penalty for early withdrawals. Plus, if you spend the money in your 401(k), it’s no

Viola Davis: The Help and How to Get Away with Murder: …in the television drama series How to Get Away with Murder (2014–20), and in 2015 she won an Emmy Award for her performance on that show. Davis assumed a supporting role in Michael Mann’s cybercrime thriller Blackhat (2015). She next headed up a team of supervillains as steely government official…

Values-based investing aligns your personal values with your financial decisions. It includes “faith-based” investing, where people use their religious beliefs as a financial guide. For others, strong convictions about topics such as the environment may direct how they choose to invest their money.

Investing in art and other collectibles offers some features that traditional stock and bond investing simply can’t: physical appeal and enjoyment. You can admire a painting on your living room wall, play a violin, and wear a watch. Collectible investments are considered an alternative asset class;

Robert Klein: Music and acting: … (2001), Two Weeks Notice (2002), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Ira & Abby (2006), Reign Over Me (2007), The Back-up Plan (2010), and Before I Go (2021). He also made scores of appearances in TV series, including a recurring role Sisters (1993–96).

Maya Angelou: Career in film and television: …as Poetic Justice (1993) and How to Make an American Quilt (1995) and appeared in several TV productions, including the landmark miniseries Roots (1977), which was based on Alex Haley’s 1976 book. Angelou received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in Look Away (1973), despite the fact that the…

Canadian literature: The cosmopolitan culture of French Canada and Quebec: …nègre sans se fatiguer [1985; How to Make Love to a Negro]); from Brazil, novelist Sergio Kokis (Le Pavillon des miroirs [1994; Funhouse]); from Egypt, poet Anne-Marie Alonzo (Bleus de mine [1985; Lead Blues]); from Lebanon, playwright and novelist Abla Farhoud (Le Bonheur a la queue glissante [1998; “Happiness Has…

Jean Negulesco: Millionaire and Three Coins: …biggest hit in years with How to Marry a Millionaire. The comedy, which was shot in CinemaScope, centres on three women (Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, and Betty Grable) who scheme to land wealthy husbands, with varying degrees of success. Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) was also a hit, with…

Richard Quine: How to Murder Your Wife (1965) was a deft black comedy starring Lemmon as a man who fantasizes about killing his spouse (Virna Lisi).

Figuring out how to pay for college is among the biggest challenges many families will face. That dream school can become a nightmare if you and/or your child are crushed under the burden of debt payments. If you’re looking for ways to prepare for college costs, we’ve got you covered. Here’s your

John Maynard Keynes: Later works and assessment: …articles on war finance entitled How to Pay for the War (1940; later reprinted as Collected Writings, vol. 9, 1972), and served once more in the Treasury as an all-purpose adviser. He also played a prominent role at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944. But the institutions that resulted from…

Do all those magazine lists of “retirement-friendly cities” make your head spin? The amenities, the weather, the taxes, and even the number of bookstores all get taken into account. Of course, amenities matter, as do taxes (and bookstores). But when considering where to retire, it might be wise to

Your credit score is a numeric representation of how you handle credit transactions, based on information in your credit report. Once you know how your credit history affects your credit score, it’s time to learn how to improve your score. By understanding which types of debt and other financial

Harold Bloom: …Invention of the Human (1998), How to Read and Why (2000), and Hamlet: Poem Unlimited (2003). He returned to the study of influence, the subject that established his critical reputation, in The Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life (2011). In The Daemon Knows (2015) Bloom discussed 12…

comic strip: Comics in Latin America: …leer al Pato Donald (1971; How to Read Donald Duck) by Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart. This was a highly critical Marxist examination of the ubiquitous Disney comic (in the English-language edition of 1975, the subtitle Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic was added). This book was a rare example…

Edgar J. Goodspeed: …the same year, he wrote How to Read the Bible, which became a standard guide for beginning Bible readers. Following his retirement from the University of Chicago, he continued to lecture at the University of California at Los Angeles. A prolific writer, Goodspeed produced a new book of biblical scholarship…

Cryptocurrency scams are constantly evolving and growing more sophisticated, but you can take preventive measures to avoid ever becoming a victim. And if your crypto is stolen, there are ways to recover it. Whether your goal is to recover your crypto or ensure that you never lose any, you need to

Robert Benchley: …Stewed, Fried, and Boiled (1929), How to Sleep (1935; Academy Award for best live-action short film), The Romance of Digestion (1937), and The Courtship of the Newt (1938)—among them. In all, he made more than 40 short subjects and appeared in minor roles and a few supporting roles in some…

Financial Times: …began publishing the lifestyle magazine How to Spend It. In 2015 the Japanese media company Nikkei purchased the FT Group, the holdings of which included the newspaper.

By now, most of us are familiar with online scams. For example, we know to be wary of misspellings in emails and to watch out for robocalls from unfamiliar numbers. But what if something comes from a trusted source? What if the caller ID shows a trusted business, or the “from” email address matches

What do Google (in the 1990s) and Grammarly have in common with Quibi and Jawbone? All four were valued at more than $1 billion at some point in their start-up phases. They were what Wall Street now calls unicorn companies, a term highlighting the statistical rarity of such sky-high valuations for

If you feel like you’re drowning in student loan debt, it’s unlikely that you’re also thinking: “Ooh, I should start investing!” In fact, you might believe you need to get rid of debt before you start investing. But there’s no one-size-fits-all answer when it comes to personal finance. It might

William Wyler: Films of the 1960s of William Wyler: How to Steal a Million (1966), with Hepburn and Peter O’Toole as amateur art thieves, gave Wyler the opportunity to make a romantic caper picture.

Dale Carnegie: How to Win Friends and Influence People: ” Later books include How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), which is primarily a collection of commonsense tricks to prevent stress.

Frank Loesser: …in the 1962 Pulitzer Prize-winning How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Nicole Kidman: Resurgence: …of Neil Gaiman’s short story How to Talk to Girls at Parties; and a high-strung assistant to a wealthy man with quadriplegia in The Upside.

DreamWorks Animation: …Kung Fu Panda (2008), and How to Train Your Dragon (2010). The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), an Aardman film distributed by DreamWorks Animation, won the Oscar for animated feature in 2006.

Gerard Butler: … (2010) and its sequels (2014 and 2019).

F. Murray Abraham: …of the villainous Grimmel in How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World (2019). His later films included Lady and the Tramp (2019) and The Magic Flute (2022).

The expense ratio of a mutual fund is the percentage of your investment that goes toward fees. It can be found in the fund’s prospectus. The expense ratio is one of the key details about a mutual fund that you can find on most websites and brokerage platforms where you’d purchase one. The expense

Credit cards often present a cautionary tale about what not to do with your money. However, when used wisely, credit cards can offer one of the fastest and easiest ways to build and improve your credit score. Counterintuitive? Not really. Demonstrating to creditors that you can manage a debt load

The Federal Work-Study Program is offered to college students with financial need. Federal dollars are sent to schools, which administer the program. When you review your financial aid package, you’ll find out whether you qualify for Federal Work-Study. As part of the program, you’ll work a set

Your smartphone can be a convenient way to pay for goods and services no matter where you are, allowing you to leave cash and credit cards behind. From sending money to friends when you split a restaurant bill, to using your digital wallet at a grocery store, your phone can make budgeting easier.

Q: How much money do you need to retire? A: As much as possible. That means maximizing the return on your investment dollars throughout your working years. But it also means protecting that nest egg as you enter and live through your retirement years. One of the biggest concerns among retirement

Earth, the Sun, and the Moon are coming into alignment. A solar eclipse will be happening near you. What do you need to do to view the eclipse safely? The first thing to know is you should not look directly at the Sun. You may think that much of the Sun is going to be covered where you are. Surely,

How to Win Friends and Influence People, popular and influential self-help and salesmanship book by the author, radio host, and public-speaking coach Dale Carnegie. Since its original publication in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 30 million copies, making it one of

Stanley Fish: How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One and Winning Arguments: What Works and Doesn’t Work in Politics, the Bedroom, the Courtroom, and the Classroom were published in 2011 and 2016, respectively.

Lucian: …literary criticism is his treatise How to Write History. In this work he stresses the impartiality, detachment, and rigorous devotion to truth that characterize the ideal historian. He also comments on the ideal historical style and provides amusing descriptions of contemporary historians who imitate Thucydides by introducing plagues and funeral…

A guiding principle in investing is to avoid losing so much money (or losing it so quickly) that recovery becomes impossible. Because market risk is a major driver of such losses, investment pros rely on various tools to estimate and manage it. Among these tools, one of the most widely used is

The idea for what became Mount Rushmore National Memorial was proposed in 1923 by South Dakota state historian Doane Robinson, who wanted to promote tourism. However, it was American sculptor Gutzon Borglum who brought the project to life. Borglum envisioned a grand monument that would symbolize

The short answer is the hard work of the Colorado River, but the real answer is more complex. About six million years ago, the river began carving its way through the rock layers of the Colorado Plateau. The river’s rapid flow, combined with its load of mud, sand, and gravel, acted like a natural

Joy Harjo: Poetry and other writing: …Poetry and Tales (2000); and How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems (2002). In Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings (2015), Harjo chronicles the joys and struggles of everyday life of Native Americans, beginning with the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation in the 1830s of Eastern Woodlands Indians of…

Harlem Hellfighters: The Hellfighters at war: …call to his sweetheart, and “How Ya Gonna Keep ’Em Down on the Farm?” was a playful tune about the appeal of Paris in contrast to life at home. The latter song carried a subtle political undertone: How could returning African American soldiers be expected to accept lynchings, institutional racism,…

When embarking on a new business initiative—a merger, joint venture, or new product line, for example—many companies begin with a classic strategic planning tool called SWOT analysis. An acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, SWOT is designed to help companies gain a

Howard, county, central Maryland, U.S., bordered by the South Branch Patapsco River to the north, the Patapsco River to the northeast, and the Patuxent River to the west and southwest. The county is bracketed by Patuxent River State Park in the west and Patapsco Valley State Park in the east.

Howard Family, a famous English family whose head, the duke of Norfolk, is the premier duke and hereditary earl marshal of England. The earls of Suffolk, Carlisle, and Effingham and the Lord Howard of Glossop and Lord Stafford represent the family in its younger lines. The family was founded by

Hughes Medical Institute, American philanthropic foundation, established in 1953 by the aviator and industrialist Howard Hughes. From its offices in Chevy Chase, Md., the organization subsidizes biomedical research at hospitals and universities throughout the United States, chiefly in genetics,

Atom Egoyan: In his first short film, Howard in Particular (1979), an aging employee is ushered into retirement by a tape recorder. That film’s theme, an examination of the impact of technology on experience, recurred in later films such as Peep Show (1981) and Family Viewing (1987).

Howard Nemerov (1920–91), one of America’s finest poets, was also arguably the wittiest. In 1978 he received the Pulitzer Prize in Arts and Letters and in 1977 the National Book Award for his Collected Poems. He was a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. Army Air Force, novelist,

Charles Howard, 1st earl of Nottingham was an English lord high admiral who commanded England’s fleet against the Spanish Armada. Although he was not as talented a seaman as his subordinates Sir Francis Drake and John Hawkins, Howard’s able leadership contributed greatly to this important English

Howard Stern: Howard Stern Comes Again (2019) is a collection of his more notable interviews.

Howard Stern: In 1985 The Howard Stern Show began airing on New York City’s WXRK-FM and was syndicated the following year. Stern’s outrageous humour—which was often criticized as racist and misogynist—increasingly attracted the attention of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which by the late 1990s had levied more than…

Tim Robbins: …technician in the science-fiction flop Howard the Duck. He also appeared in several other roundly panned movies.

Howard University, historically Black university founded in 1867 in Washington, D.C., and named for General Oliver Otis Howard, head of the post-Civil War Freedmen’s Bureau, who influenced Congress to appropriate funds for the school. The university is financially supported in large part by the

Moonlight: …rehab facility, and Kevin (André Howard), now a short-order cook and waiter in a diner in Miami, reaches out to him in a phone call. Chiron first visits his mother, they achieve a wary reconciliation, and then he goes to Kevin’s diner, where Kevin tries to draw him out.…

Alabama Shakes: In 2009 the group christened themselves the Shakes, and

Bronson Howard was an American journalist, author of successful comedies and dramas about life in the United States and founder-president of the first society for playwrights in the United States. A newspaper writer in Detroit and New York, Howard had his first success with Saratoga, produced in

Bronson Howard was an American journalist, author of successful comedies and dramas about life in the United States and founder-president of the first society for playwrights in the United States. A newspaper writer in Detroit and New York, Howard had his first success with Saratoga, produced in

rhythm and blues: …Milton played drums and sang, Camille Howard played piano and sang, and the alto and tenor saxophonists (Milton went through several of them) each would be featured at least once. Another hallmark of small-group rhythm and blues was the relegation of the guitar, if indeed there was one, to a…

Caroline Howard Gilman was a popular American writer and publisher, much of whose work reflected her conviction of the importance of the family as a foundation for societal harmony. Caroline Howard grew up in a succession of towns near Boston until her widowed mother settled in Cambridge,

Catherine Howard was the fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England. Her downfall came when Henry learned of her premarital affairs. Catherine was one of 10 children of Lord Edmund Howard (died 1539), a poverty-stricken younger son of Thomas Howard, 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry VIII first became

Charles Howard, 1st earl of Nottingham was an English lord high admiral who commanded England’s fleet against the Spanish Armada. Although he was not as talented a seaman as his subordinates Sir Francis Drake and John Hawkins, Howard’s able leadership contributed greatly to this important English

Charles Howard, 3rd earl of Carlisle was the chief minister of Great Britain from Dec. 30, 1701, to May 6, 1702, and from May 23 to Oct. 11, 1715. The eldest son of Edward Howard, the 2nd earl (1646?–92), he was a member of Parliament from 1690 until he succeeded his father as earl in 1692.

Seabiscuit: Breeding and early years: …new face in Thoroughbred racing, Charles S. Howard, a millionaire automobile distributor from San Francisco who hoped to establish horse racing on a grand scale on the West Coast. With him was his trainer, Tom Smith, who had a penchant and skill for rejuvenating discarded horses. Both men were attracted…

Clarina Irene Howard Nichols was a 19th-century American journalist and reformer, a determined and effective campaigner for women’s rights. Clarina Howard was educated in Vermont public schools and for a year at an academy. From 1830 until 1843 she was married to Justin Carpenter, a Baptist

Ron Howard: …2021 he cowrote—with his brother, Clint, an actor who appeared in many of Ron’s films—The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family.

the Three Stooges: …24, 1975, Woodland Hills, California), Curly Howard (original name Jerome Horwitz; b. October 22, 1903, New York City—d. January 18, 1952, San Gabriel, California), Joe Besser (b. August 12, 1907, St. Louis, Missouri—d. March 1, 1988, North Hollywood, California), Joe DeRita (original name Joseph Wardell; b. July 12, 1909, Philadelphia—d.…

Houston Rockets: The team signed star center Dwight Howard in the following offseason, and the Rockets bettered the previous season’s record and again advanced to the playoffs.

Edward Howard was a pioneer American watch manufacturer. Howard was apprenticed to the famous clock maker Aaron Willard; he showed great mechanical aptitude and a marked preference for smaller timepieces. In 1840 he set up a successful business making clocks in Roxbury. In 1850 Howard and his

Elizabeth Jane Howard was a British writer of novels and shorter fiction who was praised for her deft characterizations of alienated people and her sensitivity to the nuances of family relationships. Howard worked as an actress in repertory theatre in Devon, England, and at Stratford-upon-Avon, and

Elston Howard was an American baseball player who was the first African American to play for the famed New York Yankees franchise and who was named the Most Valuable Player of the American League (AL) in 1963 after batting .287 with 28 home runs and 85 runs batted in. Howard was a backup catcher

Elston Howard was an American baseball player who was the first African American to play for the famed New York Yankees franchise and who was named the Most Valuable Player of the American League (AL) in 1963 after batting .287 with 28 home runs and 85 runs batted in. Howard was a backup catcher

Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk: …three daughters was the notorious Frances Howard, who instigated the poisoning of poet and essayist Sir Thomas Overbury.

Jonathan Cape: …who in 1921 cofounded (with George Wren Howard) the firm that bears his name; it became one of the outstanding producers of general and high-quality books in the United Kingdom.

Charles Jeremiah Wells was an English writer, author (under the pseudonym H.L. Howard) of Joseph and His Brethren: A Scriptural Drama in Two Acts (1823), a long dramatic poem in the style of the Elizabethan dramatists, which enjoyed an immense vogue among the Pre-Raphaelites and their followers

Henry Howard, earl of Northampton was a Roman Catholic intriguer during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I of England, known for his unscrupulousness and treachery. He was the second son of the poet Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, and the younger brother of Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk.

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was a poet who, with Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42), introduced into England the styles and metres of the Italian humanist poets and so laid the foundation of a great age of English poetry. The eldest son of Lord Thomas Howard, Henry took the courtesy title of Earl of

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John Howard, 1st duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal was an English lord who supported the Yorkist kings in the Wars of the Roses. John Howard was the son of Sir Robert Howard by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, the 1st Duke of Norfolk of that family. In 1455 John Howard was sent to

John Howard was an English philanthropist and reformer in the fields of penology and public health. On his father’s death in 1742, Howard inherited considerable wealth and traveled widely in Europe. He then became high sheriff in Bedfordshire in 1773. As part of his duties, he inspected Bedford

John Howard is an Australian politician who was prime minister of Australia (1996–2007) and leader of the Liberal Party (1985–89, 1995–2007). Howard earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Sydney in 1961 and the following year became a solicitor of the New South Wales Supreme Court.

Sword Beach: Orne and Dives rivers air-assault zones: …Light Infantry, commanded by Major John Howard, touched down precisely on target at the bridges. Within 10 minutes and with the loss of only two men dead, the daring coup de main placed both bridges in Allied hands. Howard’s company thus became the first attackers of the Normandy Invasion on…

John Howard is an Australian politician who was prime minister of Australia (1996–2007) and leader of the Liberal Party (1985–89, 1995–2007). Howard earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Sydney in 1961 and the following year became a solicitor of the New South Wales Supreme Court.

Leland Ossian Howard was an American entomologist noted for his experiments in the biological control of harmful insects and for other pioneering efforts in applied entomology. After completing his studies at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., under John Henry Comstock, one of the leading

Leslie Howard was an English actor, producer, and film director whose acting had a quiet, persuasive English charm. After working as a bank clerk, Howard served in World War I, where he was able to strengthen an early interest in the stage. Adopting his stage name, he first appeared on stage in

Earth sciences: Understanding of clouds, fog, and dew: …1803 by the English meteorologist Luke Howard. Howard’s effort was not simply taxonomic; he recognized that clouds reflect in their shapes and changing forms “the general causes which effect all the variations of the atmosphere.”

Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne is a British politician who was the leader of the Conservative Party (2003–05). Howard’s father, Bernat Hecht, was a Jewish Romanian immigrant who settled in England in 1939 and changed his name to Bernard Howard. (Other members of the family remained behind,

Michelle Howard is a U.S. military officer who was the first woman to become a four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy. She also made history as the first African American woman to captain a U.S. naval ship (1999). Howard was born on March Air Force Base (now March Air Reserve Base), California, where

Michelle Howard is a U.S. military officer who was the first woman to become a four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy. She also made history as the first African American woman to captain a U.S. naval ship (1999). Howard was born on March Air Force Base (now March Air Reserve Base), California, where

Michelle Howard is a U.S. military officer who was the first woman to become a four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy. She also made history as the first African American woman to captain a U.S. naval ship (1999). Howard was born on March Air Force Base (now March Air Reserve Base), California, where

the Three Stooges: …23, 1955, Los Angeles, California), Moe Howard (original name Moses Horwitz; b. June 19, 1897, New York City—d. May 4, 1975, Los Angeles), Larry Fine (original name Louis Feinberg; b. October 5, 1902, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—d. January 24, 1975, Woodland Hills, California), Curly Howard (original name Jerome Horwitz; b. October 22,…

Oliver O. Howard was a U.S. Union officer in the American Civil War (1861–65) who headed the Freedmen’s Bureau (1865–72) to help rehabilitate former slaves during the period of Reconstruction. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. (1854), Howard resigned his regular army

Oliver O. Howard was a U.S. Union officer in the American Civil War (1861–65) who headed the Freedmen’s Bureau (1865–72) to help rehabilitate former slaves during the period of Reconstruction. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. (1854), Howard resigned his regular army

Richard Howard was an American poet, critic, and translator who was influential in introducing modern French poetry and experimental novels to readers of English and whose own volume of verse, Untitled Subjects (1969), won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1970. Howard was educated at Columbia