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Nancy Lieberman

Nancy LiebermanBorn: July 1, 1958Basketball 3-time All-America and 2-time Player of Year (1979-80); led Old Dominion to consecutive AIAW titles in 1979 and '80; played in defunct WPBL and…

Meurthe

(Encyclopedia) MeurtheMeurthemört [key], river, c.105 mi (169 km) long, rising in the Vosges, NE France, and flowing NW past Lunéville to join the Moselle River just N of Nancy. Its very irregular…

Baker, Howard Henry, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Baker, Howard Henry, Jr., 1925–2014, U.S. politician and public official, b. Huntsville, Tenn., grad. Univ. of Tennessee Law College 1949. The son of Howard Henry Baker, 1902–64, a…

Calmet, Augustin

(Encyclopedia) Calmet, AugustinCalmet, AugustinōgüstăNˈ kälmāˈ [key], 1672–1757, French biblical scholar, a Benedictine abbot at Nancy and Sens. His critical commentaries were widely studied until…

Darboy, Georges

(Encyclopedia) Darboy, GeorgesDarboy, Georgeszhôrzh därbwäˈ [key], 1813–71, French churchman, bishop of Nancy (1859–63) and archbishop of Paris (1863–71). In the Franco-Prussian War he behaved…

Landon, Alfred Mossman

(Encyclopedia) Landon, Alfred Mossman, 1887–1987, U.S. politician, b. West Middlesex, Pa. He was a banker and oil operator before he ran for public office. Landon served (1933–37) as governor of…

Nancy Ward Biography

Nancy Ward Nanye-hiCherokee leader and “Beloved Woman”Born: c. 1738Birthplace: Chota, Tenn Nanye-hi was the niece of Attakullakulla, a Cherokee chief who counseled peace with the whites, and…

Poem: Cousin Nancy

Poem 19 Poem 21 Cousin Nancy Miss Nancy Ellicott Strode across the hills and broke them, Rode across the hills and broke them-- The barren New England hills-- Riding to hounds Over the cow…

Poems: Cousin Nancy

by T. S. Eliot Aunt HelenMr. ApollinaxCousin Nancy Miss Nancy Ellicott Strode across the hills and broke them, Rode across the hills and broke them-- The barren New England hills-- Riding…

Brewer's: Nancy of the Vale

A village maiden who preferred Strephon to the gay lordlings who sought her. (Shenstone.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894NankeenNancy A B C D E F G H…