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Biographies: Deaths of 2019

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The Danger of Congressional Control of Elections

The Danger of Congressional Control of Electionsby Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist No. 59, addresses this same topic from an opposing viewpoint. This essay was written anonymously by "VOX…

Joseph H. Lewis 2000 Deaths

Joseph H. LewisAge: 93 versatile filmmaker known for his briskly paced, stylish low-budget films, including The Jolson Story and Gun Crazy. Died: Marina del Rey, Calif., August 30, 2000Edward…

Barry Levin 2001 Deaths

Barry Levin criminal lawyer who defended Erik Menendez, who was convicted with his brother, Lyle, in 1996 for killing his parents, and recently represented actor Robert Blake, in the unsolved…

Lisa Leslie

Lisa LeslieBorn: July 7, 1972Basketball C 2-time WNBA Finals MVP (2001-02) with the champion Los Angeles Sparks; 2001 regular season MVP; 3-time WNBA All-Star Game MVP (1999,2001-02); 3-time…

John Lewis 2001 Deaths

John LewisAge: 80 jazz pianist, composer, and arranger who founded and served as music director of the legendary Modern Jazz Quartet. The MJQ, known for its thoughtfully selected arrangements…

Bill Lewis

Bill Lewis Born: Nov. 30, 1868Football   College star at Amherst College and then Harvard; first Black player to be selected as an All-American (1892-93); also the first Black person admitted to…

Brewer's: Ban

A proclamation of outlawry; a denunciation by the church (Anglo-saxon, ge-ban, a proclamation; verb, ge-bannan). Marriage bans. (See Banns.) To ban is to make a proclamation of outlawry…

Doris Day Biography

Doris Day(Doris Kappelhoff)singer, actressBorn: 4/3/1924Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio America's No.1 female box office attraction during the late 1950s and '60s, she starred in a number musicals,…