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Golden Gate Bridge Opens
May 27, 1937 by Marcus McGraw Source: Wide World Photos Related Links Bridges San Francisco San Francisco Landmarks Slideshow Earthquakes Live views of the…Robert Gates, 2006 News
public official, became Secretary of Defense in December, succeeding Donald Rumsfeld, who resigned the day after Republicans lost control of both the House and Senate in midterm elections.…Bill Gates, 1999 News
44, Microsoft chairman, in September pledged $1 billion to send about 1,000 minorities to college. The scholarships will be distributed over the next 20 years to black, Hispanic, Native…William (Pop) Gates Biography
William (Pop) GatesAge: 82 former player-coach with the Harlem Globetrotters in 1955 and member of the National Basketball Hall of Fame; played pro basketball in the 1930s and 40s; charter…Bill Gates, 2005 News
founder of Microsoft and philanthropist, was made a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth in March for his charity work and for his astute…Frederick T. Gates Biography
Frederick T. Gatesclergyman, businessmanBorn: 7/2/1853Birthplace: Maine, N.Y. After seven years in his own church as a Baptist minister, he helped to reorganize the University of Chicago,…Brewer's: Northern Gate of the Sun
The sign of Cancer, or summer solstice; so called because it marks the northern tropic. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Northern LightsNorthern Bear A B C…Brewer's: Southern Gate of the Sun
The sign Capricornus or winter solstice. So called because it is the most southern limit of the sun's course in the ecliptic. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Ivory Gate of Dreams
(The). Dreams which delude pass through this gate, those which come true pass through the Gate of Horn. This fancy depends upon two puns: ivory in Greek is elephas, and the verb elephairo…Trending
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