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Negroponte, John Dimitri
(Encyclopedia) Negroponte, John Dimitri, 1939–, U.S. public official, b. London, England. He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1960, and during his long diplomatic career was posted to Asia, Europe…Election Haiku & Limerick Contest
Send us your best poetry about the neverending presidential race Readers' Poetry: All of the lies that I'm crafting Overshadow the laws that I'm drafting. But in 2001 When my two terms…December 2006
WorldThousands Protest in Lebanon (Dec. 1): Members of Hezbollah and its supporters gather peacefully in Beirut and call for the resignation of Fouad Siniora, the U.S.-backed prime minister.…euthanasia
(Encyclopedia) euthanasiaeuthanasiay&oomacr;ˌthənāˈzhə [key], either painlessly putting to death or failing to prevent death from natural causes in cases of terminal illness or irreversible coma…House Committees, 115th Congress
House Standing Committees Agriculture (51 members) Chairman: Michael Conaway (R-Tex.) Ranking Rep.: Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) Appropriations (51 members) Chairman: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R…September 2015 Current Events: U.S. News
World News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of September 2015. Judge Reverses Tom Brady's…George Walker Bush
George Walker Bush Born: 7/6/1946Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Conn., the first child of future president George H. W. Bush. In 1948…President-Elect Bush
When Bush takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2001, he will be the fourth president to have triumphed in the electoral college but to have lost the popular vote. The others were John…Brewer's: Beggar's Bush
To go by beggar's bush, or Go home by beggar's bush — i.e. to go to ruin. Beggar's bush is the name of a tree which once stood on the left hand of the London road from Huntingdon to Caxton…Brewer's: Ivy Bush
Like an owl in an ivy-bush. Having a sapient, vacant look, as some persons have when in their cups; having a stupid vacant stare. Owls are proverbial for their judge-like solemnity, and…Trending
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