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Patricia Dunn, 2006 News

chairwoman of Hewlett-Packard, announced in September that she would step down from her position in January 2007. She admitted that she had authorized an investigation to determine who on…

Patricia Smith, 1998 News

longtime columnist for the Boston Globe, resigned in August while serving a two-month suspension following accusations that he had fabricated sources and facts and had stolen and altered…

Matthew CLARKSON, Congress, PA (1733-1800)

CLARKSON, Matthew, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in New York City in April 1733; moved to Philadelphia, Pa.; was justice of the court of common pleas, quarter sessions of the peace, and…

O. Henry

(Encyclopedia) O. Henry, pseud. of William Sydney Porter, 1862–1910, American short-story writer, b. Greensboro, N.C. He went to Texas in 1882 and worked at various jobs—as teller in an Austin bank (…

plebs

(Encyclopedia) plebsplebsplĕbz [key] or plebeiansplebeiansplĭbēˈənz [key] [Lat. plebs=people], general body of Roman citizens, as distinct from the patrician class. They lacked, at first, most of the…

Grace, princess consort of Monaco

(Encyclopedia) Grace, 1929–82, princess consort of Monaco, b. Philadelphia as Grace Patricia Kelly. She acted on stage and television in New York, and made her film debut in 1951. Cool, blonde, and…

Collins, Patricia Hill

(Encyclopedia) Collins, Patricia Hill, 1948–, American sociologist and social theorist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. Brandeis University, 1984. A noted…

Patricia Kennedy Lawford 2006 Deaths

Patricia Kennedy LawfordAge: 82 the sixth of the nine children of Joseph and Rose Kennedy whose marriage to married British actor Peter Lawford in 1954 introduced the Kennedy clan to…

Clarkson Nott POTTER, Congress, NY (1825-1882)

POTTER Clarkson Nott , a Representative from New York; born in Schenectady, N.Y., April 25, 1825; completed preparatory studies; graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.,1842; graduated…