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Kissinger
U.S. (German-born) foreign-policy adviser (1969-76). He emigrated with his family to the U.S. in 1938. He taught at Harvard Univ., where he directed the Defense Studies Program 1959-69. In 1968 he was appointed assistant for national security affairs by Pres. R. Nixon and served as head of the National Security Council (1969-75) and later as secretary of state (1973-77). He developed a policy of dé tente toward the Soviet Union, which led to the SALT agreements. He also developed the first official U.S. contact with Communist China. He negotiated the cease-fire agreement that ended the Vietnam War, for which he shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 with Le Duc Tho (who refused it). He later became an international consultant, lecturer, and writer.


Massinger
English playwright. After a period during which he collaborated with such playwrights as J. Fletcher, Massinger began c.1620 to write independently. From 1625 he was associated with the theatrical company The King's Men. His 15 surviving solo works are noted for their social realism and satirical power. They include the comedies A New Way to Pay Old Debts (c.1624), his most popular and influential play, and The City Madam (c.1632), both of which probed economic and social issues; and the historical tragedy The Roman Actor (c.1626).


fishing
Sport of catching fish, freshwater or saltwater, typically with rod, line, and hook. Fishing is as old as the human ability to use tools to capture prey. The first significant modern innovations, incl. use of a reel, a rod with line guides, and a hook with an offset point, came in the late 17th and early 18th cent. Horsehair was used as line until the mid-19th cent, when it was replaced by textile materials, in turn replaced in the 1930s by nylon. Wood and bamboo rods yielded to rods of fiberglass and other synthetic materials. Forms of sport fishing practiced today include fly fishing (freshwater), in which a fly-like hook is repeatedly cast upon the water surface to attract biting fish; bait fishing (fresh- and saltwater), in which live or artificial bait is set or drawn below the surface; and big-game fishing (saltwater), in which heavy-duty tackle is used to land large marine species (incl. tuna, marlin, and swordfish) from a motorized boat.


Massine
Russian-French dancer, teacher, and choreographer of over 50 ballets. He joined the Ballets Russes in 1914 and produced his first ballet, Le soleil de nuit, in 1915; this was followed by Parade (1917), The Three-Cornered Hat (1919), and Pulcinella (1920). He extended M. Fokine's reforms by enriching the characterization of many roles. During 1932-38 he was principal dancer and choreographer for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. His ballets Les pré sages (1933), Choreartium (1933), and Rouge et noir (1939) displayed innovative choreography and set designs and were among the first dances based on symphonies. In 1938-42 he ...

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