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The 87th Academy Award Best Director Nominees
Below are the nominees in the directing category. This is the second directing nomination for Alejandro G. Iñárritu. He was previously nominated for the 2006 film Babel. This is Richard…February 2012 Current Events: Business News
U.S. News | World News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in business and science news for the month of February 2012. U.S. Economy Adds 243,000…Francis Griffith NEWLANDS, Congress, NV (1846-1917)
Senate Years of Service: 1903-1917 Party: Democrat NEWLANDS Francis Griffith , a Representative and a Senator from Nevada; born in Natchez, Adams County, Miss., August 28, 1846; moved to Missouri…Richard Green LUGAR, Congress, IN (1932)
Senate Years of Service: 1977-2013 Party: Republican LUGAR Richard Green , a Senator from Indiana; born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., April 4, 1932; attended the public schools of…Theodore Gilmore BILBO, Congress, MS (1877-1947)
Senate Years of Service: 1935-1947 Party: Democrat BILBO Theodore Gilmore , a Senator from Mississippi; born on a farm near Poplarville, Pearl River County, Miss., October 13, 1877; attended the…Brewer's: Chimneypot Hat
(A). The ordinary cylindrical black-silk hat, generally worn as more dressy than the soft felt hats or stiff billycocks. Called by the French cheminée. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Chingachgook
The Indian chief in Fenimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans, Pathfinder, Deerslayer, and Pioneer. Called in French Le Gros Serpent. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Brewer's: Ever-Victorious Army
(The). Ward's army, raised in 1861, and placed under the charge of General Gordon. By 1864 it had stamped out the Taëping rebellion, which broke out in 1851 (See Chinese Gordon.) Source…Brewer's: Gorgibus
An honest, simple-minded burgess, brought into all sorts of troubles by the love of finery and the gingerbread gentility of his niece and his daughter. (Molière Les Précieuses Ridicules…Biographies of Famous African Americans
Aaliyah–Ewing | Farmer–Innis | Jackson–Ludacris | Mac–Puckett | Rabb–Swoopes | Tanner–Van Der Zee Browse by category Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders Religious…Trending
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