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Paston Letters

(Encyclopedia) Paston Letters, collection of personal and business correspondence, mostly among members of the Paston family of Norfolk, England. The letters cover the years from 1422 to 1529,…

Riggs, Bobby

(Encyclopedia) Riggs, Bobby (Robert Larimore Riggs), 1918–95, U.S. tennis player, b. Los Angeles. Playing tennis from the age of 11, Riggs won several tournaments in the 1930s and helped the U.S.…

Benjamin, Judah Philip

(Encyclopedia) Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811–84, Confederate statesman and British barrister, b. Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, of Jewish parents. His family moved (c.1813) to Wilmington, N…

Gavyn Davies and Greg Dyke, 2004 News

BBC executives, resigned in January, after British judge Lord Hutton concluded that British prime minister Tony Blair had not intentionally “sexed-up” the intelligence dossier about Iraq's…

Jefferson Davis Parish, LA Census Data

People QuickFactsJefferson Davis ParishLouisianaPopulation, 2005 estimate 31,2724,523,628Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -0.5%1.2%Population, 2000 31,4354,468,…

Jefferson Davis County, MS Census Data

Mississippi Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi People QuickFactsJefferson Davis CountyMississippiPopulation, 2005 estimate 13,1582,921,088Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1,…

Davis ELKINS, Congress, WV (1876-1959)

Senate Years of Service: 1911-1911; 1919-1925 Party: Republican; Republican ELKINS Davis , a Senator from West Virginia; born in Washington, D.C., January 24, 1876; attended the Lawrenceville (N.J…

Mary Carolyn Davies: The Day before April

The Day before AprilMary Carolyn DaviesThe day before April Alone, alone, I walked in the woods And I sat on a stone.I sat on a broad stone And sang to the birds. The tune was God's making…