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Reform party, in the United States

(Encyclopedia) Reform party, in the United States, political party founded in 1995 by H. Ross Perot as an alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties. The Reform party's aims originally…

Newry

(Encyclopedia) Newry, town (1991 pop. 19,246), Newry and Mourne dist., SE Northern Ireland, on the Clanrye River and the Newry Canal. It has canal connections with Carlingford Lough, the Bann River,…

Randolph, Peyton

(Encyclopedia) Randolph, Peyton, c.1721–1775, American political leader, first president of the Continental Congress, b. Williamsburg, Va. After a general education at the College of William and Mary…

Tyler, Moses Coit

(Encyclopedia) Tyler, Moses Coit, 1835–1900, American writer on intellectual history, b. Griswold, Conn. He moved to Michigan as a boy. Graduated from Yale (1857) and from Andover Theological…

Daniel Patrick Moynihan 2003 Deaths

Daniel Patrick MoynihanAge: 76 sociologist and politician who served four terms as a Democratic senator from New York, as ambassador to the United Nations and India, and as an aide to…

Patrick J. Buchanan, 1999 News

61, columnist, television commentator, and politician, bolted from the Republican Party to seek the presidential nomination as a Reform candidate. He was widely criticized for the…

Patrick O'Brian 2000 Deaths

Patrick O'BrianAge: 85 best-selling novelist whose 20 sea stories have been compared to the works of Melville, Trollope, and Austen. His books include Master and Commander, The Reverse of…

Murray (Muzz) Patrick 1998 Deaths

Murray (Muzz) PatrickAge: 83 lifelong member of the New York Rangers' family, serving as a player, coach and general manager; son of Hall of Famer Lester Patrick, Muzz's brother Lynn was also…

Patrick County, VA Census Data

Virginia Patrick County, Virginia People QuickFactsPatrick CountyVirginiaPopulation, 2005 estimate 19,2097,567,465Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.0%6.9%Population…

John Patrick HILER, Congress, IN (1953)

HILER John Patrick , a Representative from Indiana; born in Chicago, Ill., April 24, 1953; graduated from La Lumiere High School, La Porte, Ind., 1971; B.A., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.,…