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Charles Hudson GRIFFIN, Congress, MS (1926-1989)

GRIFFIN Charles Hudson , a Representative from Mississippi; born on a farm near Utica, Miss., May 9, 1926; educated at Utica High School, Hinds Junior College, and graduated from Mississippi State…

Barbara Bel Geddes Biography

Barbara Bel GeddesactressBorn: 10/31/1922Birthplace: New York City The daughter of noted designer and producer, Norman Bel Geddes (1893–1958), Bel Geddes made her theatrical debut in 1940,…

Struck by Lightning

Zeus, park rangers, and the probability of being struck by lightning by Borgna Brunner Lightning Links Lightning Dangers & Fatality StatisticsEncyclopedia: LightningWeather &…

William Blake: The Echoing Green

by WilliamBlakeThe ShepherdThe LambThe Echoing Green The sun does arise, And make happy the skies; The merry bells ring To welcome the Spring; The skylark and thrush, The birds of…

Pushing Tin

Director:Mike NewellWriters: Glen Charles and Les CharlesFox 2000 Pictures; R; 120 minutesRelease:4/99cast: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie This up-tempo…

2001 National Medal of Technology Recipients

John A. Ewen, President, Catalyst Research Corporation, for his discoveries in the field of metallocene catalysis, which have revolutionized the production of polyethylene and polypropylene…

Charles Holker CARROLL, Congress, NY (1794-1865)

CARROLL Charles Holker , a Representative from New York; born at Belle Vue, Hagerstown, Md., May 4, 1794; was graduated from St. Mary's College, Baltimore, Md., in 1813; moved to Livingston…

S. Joseph Begun

S. Joseph Begun Born: 1905Birthplace: (Danzig, Germany, now Gdansk Poland) Magnetic recording— Early recording machines of the 1920s were cumbersome at best. Sound was recorded magnetically…

The Celtic Twilight: The Devil

by W. B. Yeats The SorcerersHappy and Unhappy TheologiansThe Devil My old Mayo woman told me one day that something very bad had come down the road and gone into the house opposite, and…