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Most Popular Kids' Names in America

The most popular names of the last century If you had taken a random survey of names in a playground at the turn of the century, you might have counted a fair number of Johns and even an Ethel or…

Women in the 110th Congress

Check out the lists of minorities and women in the 110th Congress, along with which state and political party they represented. The 110th Congress was the meeting of the legislative branch of the…

RN Nurse (B. Johnson)

Betty Johnson, R.N. Tell us about your work--what do you do? I am responsible for the daily operations of a department that monitors inpatient hospitalizations at…

1996 Outer Critics Circle Awards

The 46th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards were presented on May 24, 1996, at New York's venerable Sardi's restaurant. The Outer Critics Circle includes theater writers who review New York…

Brewer's: Angelical Stone

The speculum of Dr. Dee. He asserted that it was given him by the angels Raphael and Gabriel. It passed into the possession of the Earl of Peterborough, thence to Lady Betty Germaine, by…

Brewer's: Molly

He's a regular Molly. Said of a man or big boy who betties or interferes with women's work, such as kitchen business, dressmaking, personal decoration, and so on. Source: Dictionary of…

Glass, Philip

(Encyclopedia) Glass, Philip, 1937–, American composer, b. Baltimore. Considered one of the most innovative of contemporary composers, he was a significant figure in the development of minimalism in…

Carolingian architecture and art

(Encyclopedia) Carolingian architecture and art, art forms and structures created by the Carolingians. Toward the beginning of the Carolingian Period, in the 8th cent., a gradual change appeared in…