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Henry French HOLLIS, Congress, NH (1869-1949)

Senate Years of Service: 1913-1919 Party: Democrat HOLLIS Henry French , a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Concord, N.H., August 30, 1869; attended the public schools and studied under…

CALLAWAY, Howard Hollis (Bo), Congress, GA (1927)

CALLAWAY Howard Hollis (Bo) , a Representative from Georgia; born in LaGrange, Troup County, Ga., April 2, 1927; attended the public schools of LaGrange and Hamilton in Georgia; graduated from…

Howard Hollis (Bo) CALLAWAY, Congress, GA (1927)

CALLAWAY, Howard Hollis (Bo), a Representative from Georgia; born in LaGrange, Troup County, Ga., April 2, 1927; attended the public schools of LaGrange and Hamilton in Georgia; graduated from…

John Hollis BANKHEAD, Congress, AL (1842-1920)

Senate Years of Service: 1907-1920 Party: Democrat BANKHEAD John Hollis , a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Moscow, Marion (now Lamar) County, Ala., September 13, 1842; attended…

Thanksgiving Movies

Our picks for the best holiday fare Once the table's cleared and you can't face even attempting to walk off all those calories you just ingested, why not relax with some Thanksgiving-themed movies?…

Diddley, Bo

(Encyclopedia) Diddley, Bo, 1928–2008, African-American singer, guitarist, and songwriter who was one of the founders of rock and roll, b. near McComb, Miss., as Otha Ellas Bates. He and his cousin,…

chaparral

(Encyclopedia) chaparralchaparralchăpərălˈ [key], type of plant community in which shrubs are dominant. It occurs usually in regions having from 10 to 20 in. (25–50 cm) of rainfall annually and with…

Hepburn, Audrey

(Encyclopedia) Hepburn, Audrey, 1929–93, British film actress, b. Brussels as Audrey Kathleen Ruston. The daughter of an English banker and a Dutch baroness, she and her mother lived in the…

pidgin

(Encyclopedia) pidginpidginpĭjˈən [key], a lingua franca that is not the mother tongue of anyone using it and that has a simplified grammar and a restricted, often polyglot vocabulary. The earliest…

David HOLMES, Congress, VA (1769-1832)

Senate Years of Service: 1820-1825 Party: Democratic Republican; Jackson Republican HOLMES David , a Representative from Virginia and a Senator from Mississippi; born at Mary Ann Furnace, near…