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Richard Hatch, 2000 News

scheming game-show contestant, outwitted and outlasted the 15 other Survivor cast members to win $1 million in cash and an amount yet to be determined in endorsements, commercials, and…

Brewer's: Hatches

Put on the hatches. Figuratively, shut the door. (Anglo-Saxon, hæc a gate. Compare haca, a bar or bolt.) Under hatches. Dead and buried. The hatches of a ship are the coverings over the…

Hatch, William Henry

(Encyclopedia) Hatch, William Henry, 1833–96, U.S. Congressman (1879–95), b. Scott co., Ky. He was admitted (1854) to the bar and moved to Hannibal, Mo. He became prominent in Democratic politics in…

Fuller, R. Buckminster

(Encyclopedia) Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster Fuller), 1895–1983, American architect and engineer, b. Milton, Mass. Fuller devoted his life to the invention of revolutionary…

Brewer's: Lee Hatch

Take care of the lee hatch. Take care, helmsman, that the ship goes not to the leeward of her course —i.e. the part towards which the wind blows. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,…

Colman, Norman Jay

(Encyclopedia) Colman, Norman Jay, 1827–1911, American agriculturist and lawyer, b. near Richfield Springs, N.Y., grad. Univ. of Louisville law school, 1851. He promoted the passage of the Hatch Act…

Charles, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Charles, river, c.60 mi (97 km) long, rising in E Mass. and flowing generally NE to Boston Bay; it separates Boston from Cambridge. Extensive development to the riverfront includes the…

<i>Survivor II</i> Predictions

Who did you think would win the million dollars? by Gerry Brown These Predictions Were Made in the Spring of 2001. Tennessee mom Tina Wesson is one of three players remaining on Survivor: The…

André, Brother

(Encyclopedia) André, BrotherAndré, BrotheräNdrāˈ, änˈ– [key], 1845–1937, Canadian Roman Catholic mystic, b. St. Grégoire d'Iberville, Que. His secular name was Alfred Bissette, Bassette, or Bessette…

Jethro Ayers HATCH, Congress, IN (1837-1912)

HATCH Jethro Ayers , a Representative from Indiana; born in Pitcher, Chenango County, N.Y., June 18, 1837; settled in Sugar Grove, Kane County, Ill.; attended the common schools and the institute…