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Lincoln DAVIS, Congress, TN (1943)
DAVIS Lincoln , a Representative from Tennessee; born near Pall Mall, Tenn., on September 13, 1943; B.S., Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tenn., 1964; businessman; farmer; mayor,…1997 Tennis Davis Cup Semifinals
United States 4, Australia 1Sweden 4, Italy 1The Davis Cup for the 1999 Tennis Season
1999 Early Rounds Semifinals Final Sweden captured its second straight Davis Cup title with a 4-1 decision over Italy in the 1998 Davis Cup Final. It was the Swedes' seventh title…The Davis Cup for the 2000 Tennis Season
2000 Early Rounds Semifinals Final Australia's Mark Philippoussis led his team to a 3-2 victory over France in the 1999 Davis Cup Final. It was the first title since 1986 for…Glyndebourne Festival
(Encyclopedia) Glyndebourne FestivalGlyndebourne Festivalglīnˈdəbərn, glīnˈbôrn [key], opera festival given each summer since 1934 on the estate of John Christie at Glyndebourne, near Lewes, Sussex,…Hampton Roads Peace Conference
(Encyclopedia) Hampton Roads Peace Conference, meeting held on Feb. 3, 1865, on board the Union transport River Queen in Hampton Roads, Va., with the object of ending the Civil War. President Lincoln…demography
(Encyclopedia) demographydemographydĭmŏgˈrəfē [key], science of human population. Demography represents a fundamental approach to the understanding of human society. Its primary tasks are to…Foppa, Vincenzo
(Encyclopedia) Foppa, VincenzoFoppa, Vincenzovēnchĕnˈtsō fôpˈpä [key], c.1427–c.1515, Italian painter. Giving new life to the art of the Lombard school, he exercised a great influence upon northern…Brown, Joseph Emerson
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Joseph Emerson, 1821–94, U.S. public official, b. Pickens District, S.C. As governor of Georgia during the Civil War, Brown quarreled with Jefferson Davis over conscription and…Sandys, George
(Encyclopedia) Sandys, George, 1578–1644, English poet and traveler, b. Yorkshire, son of Archbishop Edwin Sandys. He was educated at Oxford and in 1610 began an extended tour of Europe and the…Trending
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