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Kenneth Allison ROBERTS, Congress, AL (1912-1989)

ROBERTS Kenneth Allison , a Representative from Alabama; born in Piedmont, Calhoun County, Ala., November 1, 1912; attended the public schools and Samford College, Birmingham, Ala.; was graduated…

George Allison WILSON, Congress, IA (1884-1953)

Senate Years of Service: 1943-1949 Party: Republican WILSON George Allison , a Senator from Iowa; born on a farm near Menlo, Adair County, Iowa, April 1, 1884; attended the rural schools; later…

astatine

(Encyclopedia) astatineastatineăsˈtətēn, –tĭn [key] [Gr.,=unstable], semimetallic radioactive chemical element; symbol At; at. no. 85; at. wt. of most stable isotope 210; m.p. 302℃ (estimated); b.p.…

MacNeice, Louis

(Encyclopedia) MacNeice, LouisMacNeice, Louisməknēsˈ [key], 1907–63, Irish poet b. Belfast. Educated at Oxford, he became a classical scholar and teacher and later was a producer and traveled the…

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim

(Encyclopedia) Lessing, Gotthold EphraimLessing, Gotthold Ephraimgôtˈhôlt āˈfräĭm [key], 1729–81, German philosopher, dramatist, and critic, one of the most influential figures of the Enlightenment.…

free silver

(Encyclopedia) free silver, in U.S. history, term designating the political movement for the unlimited coinage of silver. In 1896 free silver became the major issue of a presidential campaign when…