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The Devil's Dictionary: Gunpowder
by Ambrose Bierce GUILLOTINEGUNPOWDER -n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted. By most writers the…James Kerr KELLY, Congress, OR (1819-1903)
Senate Years of Service: 1871-1877 Party: Democrat KELLY James Kerr , a Senator from Oregon; born in Center County, Pa., February 16, 1819; attended the country schools and Milton and Lewisburg…Walter Marcus PIERCE, Congress, OR (1861-1954)
PIERCE Walter Marcus , A Representative from Oregon; born on a farm near Morris, Grundy County, Ill., May 30, 1861; attended the common schools, Morris (Ill.) Academy, and the University of Michigan…George POINDEXTER, Congress, MS (1779-1853)
Senate Years of Service: 1830-1835 Party: Jacksonian; Anti-Jacksonian POINDEXTER George , a Delegate, a Representative and a Senator from Mississippi; born in Louisa County, Va., in 1779; had a…Adlai Ewing III STEVENSON, Congress, IL (1930)
Senate Years of Service: 1970-1981 Party: Democrat STEVENSON Adlai Ewing III , a Senator from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., October 10, 1930; attended grammar schools in Illinois…2000 Men's Olympic Cycling Medalists
Mountain Bike Cross Country (30.7 miles): 1. Miguel Martinez, FRA (2:09:03); 2. Filip Meirhaeghe, BEL (2:10:05); 3. Christoph Sauser, SWI (2:11:20). Road Individual Road Race (240 km): 1. Jan…Coleridge: Kubla Khan, Notes
ChristabelFrance: an OdeKubla Khan Kubla Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, was a Mongolian conqueror who stretched his empire from European Russia to the eastern shores of China in the…William W. MORROW, Congress, CA (1843-1929)
MORROW William W. , a Representative from California; born near Milton, Wayne County, Ind., July 15, 1843; moved with his parents to Adams County, Ill., in 1845; attended the common schools and…Lloyd Millard BENTSEN, Jr., Congress, TX (1921-2006)
Senate Years of Service: 1971-1993 Party: Democrat BENTSEN Lloyd Millard, Jr. , a Representative and a Senator from Texas; born in Mission, Tex., February 11, 1921; attended the public schools;…Robert Francis KENNEDY, Congress, NY (1925-1968)
Senate Years of Service: 1965-1968 Party: Democrat KENNEDY Robert Francis , a Senator from New York; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 20, 1925; graduated from Milton (Mass.) Academy…Trending
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