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Smith, Alfred Emanuel
(Encyclopedia) Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873–1944, American political leader, b. New York City. Reared in poor surroundings, he had no formal education beyond grade school and took various jobs—…Algren, Nelson
(Encyclopedia) Algren, NelsonAlgren, Nelsonôlˈgrən [key], 1909–81, American novelist, b. Detroit. He grew up in Chicago, and much of his fiction is set in the city's slums. His novels, such as Never…Stockdale, James Bond
(Encyclopedia) Stockdale, James Bond, 1923–2005, U.S. naval officer, b. Abingdon, Ill.; grad. U.S. Naval Academy, 1947. A fighter pilot and highly decorated career naval officer (1946–79), he was the…Larry LaROCCO, Congress, ID (1946)
LaROCCO Larry , a Representative from Idaho; born in Van Nuys, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 25, 1946; attended Stanford University Institute of Television and Radio, 1967, and Johns Hopkins…Larry KISSELL, Congress, NC (1951)
KISSELL Larry , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Pinehurst, Moore County, N.C., January 31, 1951; graduated from East Montgomery High School, Biscoe, N.C., 1969; B.A., Wake Forest…Brewer's: Larry Dugan's Eye-water
Blacking; so called from Larry Dugan, a noted shoeblack of Dublin, whose face was always smudged with his blacking. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Mattis, James
(Encyclopedia) Mattis, James, 1950–, American general and secretary of defense (2017–18), b. Pullman, Wash., grad. Central Washington Univ. (1971). Commissioned as a second lieutenant (1972) in the…Jones, Jesse Holman
(Encyclopedia) Jones, Jesse Holman, 1874–1956, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1940–45), b. Robertson co., Tenn. A lumber magnate, banker, and millionaire of Houston, Tex., Jones was appointed (1932) by…Roberts, Owen Josephus
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, Owen Josephus, 1875–1955, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930–45), b. Philadelphia. After receiving (1898) his law degree from the Univ. of Pennsylvania, he…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover Inaugural Address Monday, March 4, 1929 My Countrymen: THIS occasion is not alone the administration of the most sacred oath…Trending
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