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Brewer's: Box and Cox

The two chief characters in John M. Morton's farce, usually called Box and Cox. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Box the CompassBox A B C D E F G H I…

Courteney Cox-Arquette

Courteney Cox-Arquette actress Born: 6/15/1964 Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama Actress best known for…

Nikki Cox Biography

Nikki CoxactressBorn: 6/2/1978Birthplace: Los Angeles, California Actress best known for her role as sassy 16-year-old Tiffany Malloy on the TV show Unhappily Ever After (1995). Already…

Emery, Walter Ralph

(Encyclopedia) Emery, Walter Ralph, 1933-2022, American country music broadcaster, b. McEwen, Tn. Commonly recognized as the "Dick Clark" of country radio, Emery helped legitimatize and popularize…

Engleheart, George

(Encyclopedia) Engleheart, George, 1752–1829, English miniature painter. He studied with Sir Joshua Reynolds and made copies in miniature of Reynolds's paintings. Court miniaturist under George III,…

Watergate affair

(Encyclopedia) Watergate affair, in U.S. history, series of scandals involving the administration of President Richard M. Nixon; more specifically, the burglarizing of the Democratic party national…

Cox, Ross

(Encyclopedia) Cox, Ross, 1793–1853, American fur trader. He joined John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company in 1811 and went to the Astoria post on the supply ship Beaver. He was active in the trade…

Archibald Cox 2004 Deaths

Archibald CoxAge: 92 special prosecutor who was fired by the Nixon administration in the Oct. 1973 “Saturday Night Massacre.” Two months after Cox joined the Watergate investigation, it was…

Clyde LaVerne HERRING, Congress, IA (1879-1945)

Senate Years of Service: 1937-1943 Party: Democrat HERRING Clyde LaVerne , a Senator from Iowa; born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., May 3, 1879; attended the public schools; moved to Detroit…