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Allison, Bobby

(Encyclopedia) Allison, Bobby (Robert Arthur Allison), 1937–, American auto racing driver, b. Miami, Fla. The hard-charging Allison drove the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing circuit…

Tintagel

(Encyclopedia) TintagelTintageltĭntāˈjəl [key], small town, Cornwall, SW England. It is S of Tintagel Head, a promontory connected to the mainland by a narrow, rocky neck of land. The ruined Tintagel…

White, T. H.

(Encyclopedia) White, T. H. (Terence Hanbury White), 1906–64, British author, b. Bombay (now Mumbai), India. His best-known work, the tetralogy The Once and Future King (1939–58), is a dramatic and…

Arthur Colton: Harps hung up in Babylon

Harps hung up in BabylonArthur ColtonThe harps hung up in Babylon, Their loosened strings rang on, sang on, And cast their murmurs forth upon The roll and roar of Babylon: "Forget me, Lord,…

Arthur Colton: Let me no more a Mendicant

Let me no more a MendicantArthur ColtonLet me no more a mendicant Without the gate Of the world's kingly palace wait; Morning is spent, The sentinels change and challenge in the tower, Now…

Forest Arthur HARNESS, Congress, IN (1895-1974)

HARNESS Forest Arthur , a Representative from Indiana; born in Kokomo, Howard County, Ind., June 24, 1895; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of Georgetown…

Benjamin Arthur GILMAN, Congress, NY (1922)

GILMAN Benjamin Arthur , a Representative from New York; born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y., December 6, 1922; graduated from Middletown High School, Middletown, N.Y., 1941; B.S., Wharton…

Arthur MIDDLETON, Congress, SC (1742-1787)

MIDDLETON, Arthur, (son of Henry Middleton [1717-1784] and father of Henry Middleton [1770-1846]), a Delegate from South Carolina; born at “Middleton Place,“ his father's estate, on the Ashley…

Ronald Arthur SARASIN, Congress, CT (1934)

SARASIN Ronald Arthur , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., December 31, 1934; attended the public schools of Connecticut; B.S., University of…