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CFB All-Purpose Yardage Leaders, 1995

All-Purpose Yards ClGmRushRecPRKORTotal YdsYdsPGTroy Davis, Iowa St.So.11201015902972466224.18Alex Van Dyke, NevadaSr.116185405832443222.09Wasean Tait, ToledoJr.111905183002088189.82Eddie…

Charles Pickering, Sr., 2002 News

trial judge, was denied a promotion to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by the Senate Judiciary Committee in March. Democrats, who hold a majority on the committee,…

Charles Pickering, Sr., 2004 News

trial judge, was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals by President Bush during the Congressional recess. The senate had blocked his nomination twice, with Democrats opposing him because of…

Walker, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Walker, Robert, d. 1658?, English painter, a follower of Van Dyck and favorite portraitist of Oliver Cromwell. His portraits of Cromwell and his family and followers are convincing…

Hall, Samuel Read

(Encyclopedia) Hall, Samuel Read, 1795–1877, American educator and clergyman, b. Croydon, N.H. After teaching in Rumford, Maine, and Fitchburg, Mass., he founded (1823) at Concord, Vt., a training…

Oliver Fisher Winchester Biography

Oliver Fisher Winchesterarms manufacturerBorn: 11/30/1810Birthplace: Boston, Mass. The man whose name is most closely associated with producing armaments actually got his start manufacturing…

James Oliver 1998 Deaths

James OliverAge: 54 won at least 20 games in his first five seasons as head basketball coach at Alabama State en route to a 291-191 career record after 17 seasons with the Hornets; was…

Oliver Ellsworth: Landholder II

Landholder IIEnergetic GovernmentOliver EllsworthNovember 12, 1787To the Holders and Tillers of Land.Gentlemen, You were told in the late war that peace and Independence would reward your…