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Dr. Harold Gores

Dr. Harold GoresBorn: Sept. 20, 1909Educator and first president of Education Facilities Laboratories in New York in 1964 hired Monsanto Co. to produce a synthetic turf that kids could play…

MacNab, Sir Allan Napier

(Encyclopedia) MacNab, Sir Allan Napier, 1798–1862, Canadian political leader, b. Ontario. He fought in the War of 1812 and later became a lawyer. A staunch supporter of English policies, he…

Blessington, Marguerite, countess of

(Encyclopedia) Blessington, Marguerite, countess of, 1789–1849, English author and famous beauty, b. Ireland. At the age of 14 she was forced by her father into marriage with Capt. Maurice St. Leger…

Sen. Joseph Lieberman

Gore's VP choice brings moral compass and rectitude by Beth Rowen This article was posted on August 8, 2000. Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore, left, and Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.,…

Election Haiku & Limerick Contest

Send us your best poetry about the neverending presidential race Readers' Poetry: All of the lies that I'm crafting Overshadow the laws that I'm drafting. But in 2001 When my two terms…

Weehawken

(Encyclopedia) WeehawkenWeehawkenwēˈhôkən, wēhôˈkən [key], township (1990 pop. 12,385), Hudson co., NE N.J., on the Hudson River opposite New York City, with which it is connected by the Lincoln…

On the Issues

How Gore and Bush stack up on education, foreign policy, health care, taxes, and social security by Beth Rowen This article was posted in September 2002. With only weeks to go…

2007 Nobel Prize Winners

Related Links Nobel Prize History Nobel Prize History Quiz Nobel Peace Prize Winners Quiz Pullitzer Prizes Physics:…

John McCain: Maverick Nature

  Engineering the "Straight Talk Express"   by Beth Rowen   This article was posted on October 15, 1999. McCain is a three-term senator, Vietnam veteran, and straight-talker. "We…

Bill Bradley, 1999 News

56, former senator from New Jersey, was the only Democrat to challenge Al Gore, Jr., for the party's presidential nomination. Until the fall, Gore had all but ignored Bradley's campaign, but…