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Jimmy Carter, 2002 News

former president, won the Nobel Peace Prize in October. He was cited for “his untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights,…

Rosalynn Smith Carter Biography

Rosalynn Smith CarterFirst LadyBorn: 8/18/1927Birthplace: Plains, Georgia Rosalynn Smith Carter has long championed the rights of women, children, and the mentally ill. As first lady, she…

Janette Carter 2006 Deaths

Janette CarterAge: 82 singer and autoharp player who was the last surviving member of the Carter Family, an influential group that sang traditional folk music of the southern Appalachian…

Benny Carter 2003 Deaths

Benny CarterAge: 95 jazz arranger, bandleader, and composer who is considered one of the three top alto saxophonists of all time. (He shares the honor with Johnny Hodges and Charlie Parker…

James Earl Carter, Jr.

James Earl Carter, Jr.Born: 10/1/1924Birthplace: Plains, Ga. James Earl Carter, Jr., was born in the tiny village of Plains, Ga., Oct. 1, 1924, and grew up on the family farm at nearby…

Cabinet Members Under Carter

Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, 1977Edmund S. Muskie, 1980Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal, 1977G. William Miller, 1979Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, 1977Attorney…

Helena Bonham Carter Biography

Helena Bonham CarteractressBorn: 5/26/1966Birthplace: London, England British actress best known for her work in romantic Edwardian period dramas. Her films include A Room With a View (1986…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 9, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 8, 1805June 10, 1805June 9, 1805 Sunday June 9th 1805. We determined to deposite at this place the large red perogue all the heavy baggage…

Carter, Mrs. Leslie

(Encyclopedia) Carter, Mrs. Leslie, 1862–1937, American actress, b. Lexington, Ky., whose maiden name was Caroline Louise Dudley. She became a protégée of Belasco and first appeared in 1890 in The…

bookkeeping

(Encyclopedia) bookkeeping, maintenance of systematic and convenient records of money transactions in order to show the condition of a business enterprise. The essential purpose of bookkeeping is to…