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Legislative Department

Architect of the Capitol—U.S. Capitol Building (20515) Government Accountability Office (GAO)—441 G St., NW (20548)Government Printing Office (GPO)—732 North Capitol St., NW (20401)Library of…

Facts About Elections

Candidate with highest popular vote: Reagan (1984), 54,455,075.Candidate with highest electoral vote: Reagan (1984), 525.Candidate carrying most states: Nixon (1972) and Reagan (1984), 49.…

February 2001 News and Events

WorldCongo's New President Addresses UN (Feb. 2): Joseph Kabila, son of slain president Laurent Kabila, promises Security Council he will open dialogue with opponents in an effort to end his…

Quasi-Official Agencies

American Red Cross—2025 E St., NW (20006)Legal Services Corporation—3333 K St., NW 3rd Fl. (20007-3522)National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council…

Other Tournaments, 2003–2004

MENNIT—Michigan 62, Rutgers 55NAIA Div. I—Mountain State (W. Va.) 74, Concordia 70NAIA Div. II—Oregon Tech 81, Bellevue (Neb.) 72WOMENNIT—Creighton 72, Nevada-Las Vegas 53NAIA Div. I—Southern…

Other Tournaments, 2004–2005

MENNIT—South Carolina 60, St. Joseph's 57NAIA Div. I—John Brown (Ark.) 65, Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 55NAIA Div. II—Walsh (Ohio) 81, Concordia (Nebr.) 70WOMENNIT—Southwest Missouri State 78,…

Six Warning Signs of a Financial Problem

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation offers the following guidelines to evaluate whether you are facing significant financial difficulties.Loan payments, excluding mortgages, but…

Highest-Ranking Officers in U.S. History

General and Commander-in-Chief1 General George Washinton. Source: Library of Congress.George Washington (1732–1799), b. Westmoreland County, Va., unanimously voted by Congress on…

November 2005

WorldIraq Seeks Former Soldiers (Nov. 2): Iraqi Defense Ministry begins recruiting former junior officers from Saddam Hussein's army to bolster army's forces and to siphon fighters away from…

2002 Nobel Prize Winners

Peace: Jimmy Carter, former president of the United States, was cited for “his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human…