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Rivlin, Alice M.
(Encyclopedia) Rivlin, Alice M., 1931–2019, American economist, b. Philadelphia as Georgianna Alice Mitchell, Ph.D. Harvard, 1958. Rivlin was affiliated with the Brookings Institution at various…Fort Duquesne
(Encyclopedia) Fort DuquesneFort Duquesnedəkānˈ, d&oomacr;– [key], at the junction of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, on the site of Pittsburgh, SW Pa. Because of its strategic location, it…Stratford de Redcliffe, Stratford Canning, Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Stratford de Redcliffe, Stratford Canning, Viscount, 1786–1880, British diplomat. He entered (1807) the foreign office under the aegis of his cousin, George Canning. Sent (1808) to…Sullivan, John
(Encyclopedia) Sullivan, John, 1740–95, American Revolutionary general, b. Somersworth, N.H. He was a lawyer and a delegate (1774–75, 1780–81) to the Continental Congress but is better remembered as…1991 College Basketball NIT Tournament (32 teams)
at Madison Square Garden, New YorkFieldAla-Birmingham, Arkansas St., Ball St., Boise St., Bowling Green, Butler, Cincinnati, Colorado, Coppin St., Fairleigh Dickinson, Fordham, Furman,…Globe Theatre
(Encyclopedia) Globe Theatre, London playhouse, built in 1598, where most of Shakespeare's plays were first presented. It burned in 1613, was rebuilt in 1614, and was destroyed by the Puritans in…Charles Adams MOSHER, Congress, OH (1906-1984)
MOSHER Charles Adams , a Representative from Ohio; born in Sandwich, DeKalb County, Ill., May 7, 1906; graduated from Sandwich High School, and Oberlin College in 1928; employed on daily…George POINDEXTER, Congress, MS (1779-1853)
Senate Years of Service: 1830-1835 Party: Jacksonian; Anti-Jacksonian POINDEXTER George , a Delegate, a Representative and a Senator from Mississippi; born in Louisa County, Va., in 1779; had a…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: George Washington: First Inaugural Address
George Washington George Washington First Inaugural Address Thursday, April 30, 1789 Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: AMONG the vicissitudes…John Adams DIX, Congress, NY (1798-1879)
Senate Years of Service: 1845-1849 Party: Democrat DIX John Adams , a Senator from New York; born in Boscawen, N.H., July 24, 1798; completed preparatory studies; during the War of 1812 was…Trending
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