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John Armand LAFORE, Jr., Congress, PA (1905-1993)
LAFORE John Armand, Jr. , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Bala, Montgomery County, Pa., May 25, 1905; attended the Montgomery County schools; student at Swarthmore College in 1923…Imposter
Director:Gary FlederWriters:Caroline Case, Ehren Kurger, David TwohyMiramax Films; PG-13; 96 minutesRelease:1/02Cast:Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio Although the central…Boston Marathon
(April 17, 2006)MenTimeRobert K. Cheruiyot, Kenya2:07:14Wheelchair—Ernst Van Dyk, South Africa1:25:29WomenTimeRita Jeptoo, Kenya2:23:38Wheelchair—Edith Hunkeler, Switzerland1:43:42Little…Aaron Venable BROWN, Congress, TN (1795-1859)
BROWN Aaron Venable , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Brunswick County, Va., August 15, 1795; attended Westrayville Academy, North Carolina, and was graduated from the University of North…Stewart Lee UDALL, Congress, AZ (1920-2010)
UDALL Stewart Lee , (Brother of Morris K. Udall; uncle of Mark Udall; father of Tom Udall; cousin of Gordon H. Smith), a Representative from Arizona; born in St. Johns, Apache County, Ariz., January…Senate Committees, 111th Congress
Senate Standing Committees Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (20 members) Chairman: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa…Progressive party
(Encyclopedia) Progressive party, in U.S. history, the name of three political organizations, active, respectively, in the presidential elections of 1912, 1924, and 1948. At Philadelphia in…Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
(Encyclopedia) Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772–1834, English poet and man of letters, b. Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire; one of the most brilliant, versatile, and influential figures in the English…Baraka, Amiri
(Encyclopedia) Baraka, AmiriBaraka, Amiriamērē bəräˈkə [key], 1934–2014, American poet, playwright, and political activist, b. Newark, N.J., as Everett LeRoy Jones, studied at Rutgers Univ., Howard…Pius XII
(Encyclopedia) Pius XII, 1876–1958, pope (1939–58), an Italian named Eugenio Pacelli, b. Rome; successor of Pius XI. Ordained a priest in 1899, he entered the Vatican's secretariat of state. He…