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Rogers, Lindsay
(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Lindsay, 1891–1970, American political scientist, b. Baltimore, grad. Johns Hopkins (B.A., 1912; Ph.D., 1915). He was (1914–15) a fellow in political science at Johns Hopkins…Day, Clarence Shepard
(Encyclopedia) Day, Clarence Shepard, 1874–1935, American essayist, b. New York City, grad. Yale, 1896. His biographical sketches of his parents, God and My Father (1932), Life with Father (1935),…Monroe, Harriet
(Encyclopedia) Monroe, Harriet, 1860–1936, American editor, critic, and poet, b. Chicago. In 1912 she founded Poetry: a Magazine of Verse, which paid and encouraged both established and new poets.…Liberal party, U.S. political party
(Encyclopedia) Liberal party, in U.S. history, political party formed in 1944 in New York City by a group of anti-Communist trade unionists and liberals who withdrew from the American Labor party…John Lindsay 2000 Deaths
John LindsayAge: 79 maverick politician who served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1955–57) and two terms as mayor of New York City (1966–74). Lindsay presided over New York…Vachel Lindsay: The Chinese Nightingale
The Chinese NightingaleVachel Lindsay"How, how," he said. "Friend Chang," I said, "San Francisco sleeps as the dead — Ended license, lust and play: Why do you iron the night away? Your big…Nicholas Vachel Lindsay: The Dreamer
The DreamerNicholas Vachel Lindsay"Why do you seek the sun, In your Bubble-Crown ascending? Your chariot will melt to mist, Your crown will have an ending." "Nay, sun is but a Bubble, Earth…Vachel Lindsay: The Flower of Mending
The Flower of MendingVachel LindsayWhen Dragon-fly would fix his wings, When Snail would patch his house, When moths have marred the overcoat Of tender Mister Mouse,The pretty creatures go…McBain, Howard Lee
(Encyclopedia) McBain, Howard Lee, 1880–1936, American political scientist, b. Toronto, Ont., grad. Richmond (Va.) College, 1900, Ph.D. Columbia, 1907. After teaching at George Washington and…Beame, Abraham David
(Encyclopedia) Beame, Abraham David, 1906–2001, American politician, mayor of New York City (1974–77), b. London. Beame, who grew up on New York's Lower East Side, was city budget director (1952–61…Trending
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