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2006 Goldsmith Prizes

The Goldsmith Awards Program encourages a more insightful, spirited public debate about government, politics, and the press. The awards are given by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press,…

G - I

Franz Xaver GabelsbergerJames GadsdenLyman Judson GageJames GalanosJohn Kenneth GalbraithFerdinando GalianiAlbert GallatinGeorge Horace GallupIsabella Stewart GardnerThomas Andrew GareyRobert…

1998 Deaths: A - F

General Sani Abacha Bella Abzug Uvaldo AcostaAlbatrossFrederick Pitt AldermanLionel AldridgeJohn Maury Allin Ella Maria Gonzalez AlvarezEric Ambler Cleveland Amory Harry AndersonJohn…

Gettysburg Address

(Encyclopedia) Gettysburg Address, speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 19, 1863, at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. It is one of the…

Symbols of the United States

Symbols that have become American icons by Beth Rowen Great Seal of the U.S. Related Links State Symbols United States Bald Eagle Removed from Endangered Species List…

Women's History Month

A celebration of women's many accomplishments The women of the U.S. Supreme Court Source: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisWomen's History Month Nobel Winning Scientists Nobel Peace Prize…

Brewer's: Saxon Relics

The church of Earl's Barton (Northamptonshire). The tower and west doorway. The church of St. Michael's (St. Albans), erected by the Abbot of St. Albans in 948. The tower of Bosham church…

Brewer's: Punish a Bottle

(To). To drink a bottle of wine or spirits. When the contents have been punished, the empty bottles are “dead men.” “After we'd punished a couple of bottles of old Crow whisky ... he caved…

Brewer's: Snakes in his Boots

(To have). To suffer from D.T. (delirium tremens) This is one of the delusions common to those so afflicted. “He's been pretty high on whisky for two or three days, ... and they say he's…