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Recent Discoveries: Down Memory's Divided Lane

Psychologists studying patients with brain damage have concluded that the left side of the brain is used for language tasks and the right side for spatial and pictorial information.…

Dick (Night Train) Lane 2002 Deaths

Dick (Night Train) LaneAge: 73 undrafted junior college player and former Army soldier, who left his job at an airplane plant to tryout with the LA. Rams in 1952, launching a career that…

James Lane BUCKLEY, Congress, NY (1923)

Senate Years of Service: 1971-1977 Party: Conservative BUCKLEY James Lane , a Senator from New York; born in New York City, March 9, 1923; received secondary education at the Millbrook School,…

Edward LANE, Congress, IL (1842-1912)

LANE Edward , a Representative from Illinois; born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 27, 1842; moved to Illinois in May 1858 with his parents, who settled in Hillsboro, Montgomery County; attended the…

Henry Smith LANE, Congress, IN (1811-1881)

Senate Years of Service: 1861-1867 Party: Republican LANE Henry Smith , a Representative and a Senator from Indiana; born near Sharpsburg, Bath County, Ky., February 24, 1811; received a classical…

La Fayette LANE, Congress, OR (1842-1896)

LANE La Fayette , a Representative from Oregon; born near Evansville, Vanderburg County, Ind., November 12, 1842; attended the public schools at Washington, D.C., and at Stamford, Conn.; studied…

Lane Allen EVANS, Congress, IL (1951)

EVANS Lane Allen , a Representative from Illinois; born in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill., August 4, 1951; attended Sacred Heart School, Rock Island, Ill.; graduated from Alleman High…

Ages Four and Up

Books that delight practically everyone by Holly Hartman A six-year-old who crashes parties at New York's posh Plaza Hotel. A talking dog and her astonished family. Verse about evil weevils…

Great Bear Lake

(Encyclopedia) Great Bear Lake, largest lake of Canada and fourth largest of North America, c.12,275 sq mi (31,800 sq km), c.190 mi (310 km) long and from 25 to 110 mi (40–177 km) wide, Northwest…

Killigrew, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Killigrew, ThomasKilligrew, Thomaskĭlˈəgr&oomacr;ˌ [key], 1612–83, English dramatist and theater manager, b. London. Before the closing of the theaters by the Puritans in 1642, he…