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HUTCHISON, Kathyrn Ann Bailey (Kay), Congress, TX (1943)
Senate Years of Service: 1993- Party: Republican HUTCHISON, Kathyrn Ann Bailey (Kay), a Senator from Texas; born in Galveston, Tex., July 22, 1943; attended the public schools in La Marque, Tex…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Beware O' Bonie Ann
by Robert Burns To Miss CruickshankOde On The Departed Regency BillBeware O' Bonie Ann Ye gallants bright, I rede you right, Beware o' bonie Ann; Her comely face sae fu' o…Kanin, Garson
(Encyclopedia) Kanin, GarsonKanin, Garsonkāˈnən [key], 1912–99, American director and writer, b. Rochester, N.Y.; grad. American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1933. He worked as a saxophonist, comedian,…Emmanuel Philibert
(Encyclopedia) Emmanuel PhilibertEmmanuel Philibertāmänˈwĕl fēlēbĕrˈ [key], 1528–80, duke of Savoy (1553–80), called Ironhead. He succeeded his father, Charles III, who had been dispossessed of his…Bill of Rights, in British history
(Encyclopedia) Bill of Rights, 1689, in British history, one of the fundamental instruments of constitutional law. It registered in statutory form the outcome of the long 17th-century struggle…novena
(Encyclopedia) novenanovenanōvēˈnə [key] [Lat.,=a group of nine], in the Roman Catholic Church, primarily a series of public or private prayers extending over nine consecutive days, especially nine…Whig
(Encyclopedia) Whig, English political party. The name, originally a term of abuse first used for Scottish Presbyterians in the 17th cent., seems to have been a shortened form of whiggamor [cattle…Coddington, William
(Encyclopedia) Coddington, William, 1601–78, one of the founders of Rhode Island, probably b. Boston, England. He came to America in 1630 as an officer of the Massachusetts Bay Company and was its…Anderson, Maxwell
(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Maxwell, 1888–1959, American dramatist, b. Atlantic, Pa., grad. Univ. of North Dakota, 1911. His plays, many of which are written in verse, usually concern social and moral…Kahneman, Daniel
(Encyclopedia) Kahneman, Daniel, 1934–, Israeli-American psychologist, b. Tel Aviv, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1961. Born to Lithuanian parents, he spent his youth in France, and immigrated…