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Stanley Mazor

Stanley MazorBorn: 1941Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Microprocessor concept and architecture—Ted Hoff was the first to recognize that Intel's new silicon-gated MOS technology might make a single-…

The Stanley Cup

Champions, 1893-1917Champions Since 1918M.J. O'Brien TrophyConn Smythe Trophy The Stanley Cup was originally donated to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association by Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley…

Emin Pasha

(Encyclopedia) Emin PashaEmin Pashaāmēnˈ päˈshä [key], 1840–92, German explorer, whose original name was Eduard Schnitzer. A physician, he served (1876–78) under Gen. Charles Gordon in Sudan as a…

Biographies: 2010 People in the News

2010 People in the News See also 2009 People in the News 2008 People in the News 2007 People in the News 2006 People in the News 2005 People in the…

Inventions: General Resources

Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions Inventions General Resources The National Inventors Hall of Fame Resources for the history of invention Calendar of U.S. Patents…

State Attorneys General

Alabama Luther Strange, R (to Jan. 2015) Alaska Michael C. Geraghty, R (apptd. by governor…

Algeria-General Information

The Question: Could you tell me what customs, holidays and waterways can be found in Algeria? The Answer: Here are two excellent sources which…

Brewer's: Translator-General

So Fuller, in his Worthies, calls Philemon Holland, who translated a large number of the Greek and Latin classics. (1551-1636.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: General Funk

A panic. “The influence of `General Funk' was, at one time, far too prevalent among both the colonists and the younger soldiers.” —Montague: Campaigning in South Africa, chap. vi. (1880…

Brewer's: General Issue

is pleading “Not guilty” to a criminal charge; “Never indebted” to a charge of debt; the issue formed by a general denial of the plaintiff's charge. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…