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Stewart, Potter

(Encyclopedia) Stewart, Potter, 1915–85, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1958–81), b. Jackson, Mich. After receiving (1941) his law degree from Yale, he was admitted to the Ohio bar. He…

Jesse Brown 2002 Deaths

Jesse BrownAge: 58 former Marine who headed the Department of Veterans Affairs during the Clinton administration. Died: Washington DC, Aug. 15, 2002J. Carter BrownA - FNorman O. Brown

Jesse Ventura, 1999 News

48, governor of Minnesota who was formerly known as boa-wearing professional wrestler “the Body,” gained political credibility as the Reform Party's highest-ranking elected official. Though…

Jesse Helms, 1997 News

of Massachusetts resigned to actively lobby for his nomination to be Ambassador to Mexico. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms vowed from the outset to block the…

Democratic National Convention Keynote Address

'Divide and Conquer' RepublicansWhat They Do/What They Say'To Be All That We Can Be' Now, we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a…

McLean, John

(Encyclopedia) McLean, JohnMcLean, Johnməklānˈ [key], 1785–1861, American political figure and jurist, b. Morris co., N.J. His family moved to Ohio, where he studied law, was admitted (1807) to the…

2000 NCAA Football Interception Leaders

Interceptions ClNoYdsTDLgDwight Smith, AkronSr.10208268Anthony Floyd, LouisvilleSo.10152151Ed Reed, Miami-FLJr.892244J.T. Thatcher, OklahomaSr.8162185Dan Dawson, RiceJr.7206168Nate Jackson,…

Bull Run

(Encyclopedia) Bull Run, small stream, NE Va., c.30 mi (50 km) SW of Washington, D.C. Two important battles of the Civil War were fought there: the first on July 21, 1861, and the second Aug. 29–30,…

MacPhail, Larry

(Encyclopedia) MacPhail, Larry (Leland Stanford MacPhail, Sr.), 1890–1975, American baseball and business executive, b. Cass City, Mich., grad. George Washington Univ. (LL.B., 1910). After serving in…