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Biographies of Notable U.S. Immigrants

Biographies of Notable U.S. Immigrants A-H | H-M | N-S | T-Z Charlize Theron, actor Chinua Achebe , writer Christiane Amanpour, TV news correspondent Elizabeth Arden,…

Democracy and Education

by Booker T. Washington Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is said that the strongest chain is no stronger than its weakest link. In the Southern part of our country there are…

1908 Men's Olympic Boxing Medalists

Event   Bantamweight (-116 lb) A. Henry Thomas, GBR   John Condon, GBR   W. Webb, GBR Featherweight (-126 lb) Richard Gunn, GBR   C.W. Morris, GBR   Hugh Roddin,…

Classical Mythology: The A Team: Olympians All

The A Team: Olympians AllClassical MythologyThe A Team: Olympians AllFirst in War, First in Peace: AthenaThree's a Crowd: The Olympian Love TriangleFirst of the Red-Hot Lovers: AphroditeNight of the…

Clinton Presba ANDERSON, Congress, NM (1895-1975)

Senate Years of Service: 1949-1973 Party: Democrat ANDERSON Clinton Presba , a Representative and a Senator from New Mexico; born in Centerville, Turner County, S.Dak., October 23, 1895; attended…

League Championship Series: National League

National League Multiple champions: Atlanta, Cincinnati and LA Dodgers (5); NY Mets and St. Louis (4); Philadelphia (3); Florida, Pittsburgh, San Diego and San Francisco (2).Year Winner…

A Not-So-Traditional Thanksgiving, Part 3

Part 3: America's Identity by Neil Miller There are obstacles to reconciliation on the Plymouth side as well as the Native American side. One is the Pilgrim Progress procession—a…

1989 Gramophone Awards

Chamber (Record of the Year)Bartók, String Quartets nos. 1–6, Emerson Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon)ChoralHandel, Jephtha, John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque…

Cabinet Members Under G. H. W. Bush

Secretary of State James A. Baker 3d, 1989Lawrence S. Eagleburger, 1992Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas F. Brady (Cont.)Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney, 1989Attorney General Richard L.…