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Guillermo Canedo Biography

Guillermo CanedoAge: 76 FIFA senior vice-president was one of the architects of FIFA and football; head of FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee and masterminded two World Cup tournaments;…

Belasco, David

(Encyclopedia) Belasco, DavidBelasco, Davidbəlăsˈkō [key], 1853–1931, American theatrical manager and producer, b. San Francisco. He was actively connected with the theater from his youth, and while…

Addams, Jane

(Encyclopedia) Addams, Jane, 1860–1935, American social worker, b. Cedarville, Ill., grad. Rockford College, 1881. In 1889, with Ellen Gates Starr, she founded Hull House in Chicago, one of the first…

Teapot Dome

(Encyclopedia) Teapot Dome, in U.S. history, oil reserve scandal that began during the administration of President Harding. In 1921, by executive order of the President, control of naval oil reserves…

Tripp on Trial

A key figure in the Clinton Impeachment Scandal may be tried herself. by Elissa Haney Tripp claims she began taping her conversations with Lewinsky for her own protection, as a potential witness…

High Crimes or Misdemeanors?

1998 News of the Nation The Clinton sex scandal of course eclipsed all other news events in 1998. President Clinton's foreign policy triumphs—his significant contributions to the peace accords in…

Emil's Thanksgiving

Emil's ThanksgivingThe Brenda was scudding along with all sail set to catch the rising wind, and everyone on board was rejoicing, for the long voyage was drawing towards an end.“Four weeks…

William Jefferson Clinton

William Jefferson ClintonBorn: 8/19/1946Birthplace: Hope, Ark. William Jefferson Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III in Hope, Ark., on Aug. 19, 1946. He was named for his father,…

2004 Deaths: A - F

Abu AbbasBrock AdamsUmberto AgnelliYasir ArafatVictor ArgoRichard AvedonPeter BarnesEmily Morison BeckArnold O. BeckmanGeoffrey BeeneSune BergströmElmer BernsteinJan BerryFanny Blankers-…