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Chattahoochee
(Encyclopedia) ChattahoocheeChattahoocheechătˌəh&oomacr;ˈchē [key], river, 436 mi (702 km) long, rising in N Ga., and flowing generally SW to the Ala.-Ga. border and then S along it to join the…Kay Thompson 1998 Deaths
Kay ThompsonAge: 93 entertainer best known for authoring the enormously popular “Eloise” books about the adventures of a bratty child living at the Plaza Hotel in New York.Died: July 2,…John Thompson, 1999 News
57, venerated longtime Georgetown University basketball coach, resigned in January for personal reasons. Under Thompson's 27-year tutelage, Georgetown's Hoyas spawned Patrick Ewing, reached…Tommy G. Thompson Biography
Tommy G. ThompsonGeorge W. Bush's secretary of Health and Human Services Born: 11/19/1941Birthplace: Elroy, Wis. Thompson was the governor of Wisconsin for an unprecedented 14 years. During…Benjamin Thompson 2002 Deaths
Benjamin ThompsonAge: 84 architect who transformed Boston's dilapidated waterfront into the Faneuil Hall Marketplace, a popular tourist attraction. He duplicated the concept with equal…Linda Chavez-Thompson Biography
Linda Chavez-ThompsonLabor leaderBorn: 8/1/1944Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas Linda Chavez-Thompson, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO since 1995, is the first person of color to hold an…Thomson, Mortimer Neal
(Encyclopedia) Thomson or Thompson, Mortimer Neal, 1831–75, American journalist and humorist who used the pseudonym Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P.B., b. Riga, N.Y. He joined the staff of the New York…Woburn, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) WoburnWoburnw&oomacr;ˈbərn [key], city (1990 pop. 35,943), Middlesex co., NE Mass.; settled 1640, inc. as a city 1888. Formerly a major center for tanneries, the city has…Ross, Betsy
(Encyclopedia) Ross, Betsy, 1752–1836, American seamstress, b. Philadelphia. Her full name was Elizabeth Griscom Ross Ashburn Claypoole. She is known to have made flags during the American Revolution…Challenger expedition
(Encyclopedia) Challenger expedition, British oceanographic expedition under the direction of the Scottish professor Charles Wyville Thompson and the British naturalist Sir John Murray. Taking place…Trending
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