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Ben Hill County, GA Economic Statistics

Ben hill county georgia dp 3 profile of selected economic characteristics SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over13,216100.0In labor force7,89159.7Civilian…

Ben Hill County, GA Housing Statistics

Ben hill county georgia dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units7,623100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached4,61960.61-unit,…

JT Leroy, 2006 News

writer, was exposed as a fake during the winter. Leroy's critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical books, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things and Sarah, chronicled the life of a…

Arnold O. Beckman 2004 Deaths

Arnold O. BeckmanAge: 104 scientist who invented several user-friendly scientific devices, including a tool to measure acidity and alkalinity and the quartz spectrophotometer, an instrument…

Phil Berger 2001 Deaths

Phil BergerAge: 58 sportswriter for the New York Times and author of more than a dozen books; boxing reporter for the Times 1986-92; former associate editor at Sport magazine. He died of…

Sune Bergström 2004 Deaths

Sune BergströmAge: 88 Swedish biochemist who was part of a team of scientists that discovered the structure and use of prostaglandins, compounds that affect blood pressure and body…

Cogswell, Joseph Green

(Encyclopedia) Cogswell, Joseph GreenCogswell, Joseph Greenkŏgzˈwĕl, –wəl [key], 1786–1871, American librarian and bibliographer, b. Ipswich, Mass. After studying abroad, Cogswell taught mineralogy…

Howe, Edgar Watson

(Encyclopedia) Howe, Edgar Watson, 1853–1937, American editor and author, b. Treaty, near Wabash, Ind. From 1877 to 1911 he was editor and proprietor of the Atchison, Kans., Daily Globe, and in 1911…

Marblehead

(Encyclopedia) Marblehead, town (1990 pop. 19,971), Essex co., NE Mass., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1649. A fishing village for many years, Marblehead became a resort in the 19th cent.; it is…

Kitty Hawk

(Encyclopedia) Kitty Hawk or Kittyhawk, part of an offshore sandbar on Cape Hatteras, NE N.C., E of Albemarle Sound. Nearby is Kill Devil Hill, where the Wright brothers experimented successfully (…