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Robinson, Sugar Ray
(Encyclopedia) Robinson, Sugar Ray, 1920–89, American boxer, b. Detroit as Walker Smith, Jr. He began boxing after three years of high school in New York City. Having won all his amateur fights (…Baker, Ray Stannard
(Encyclopedia) Baker, Ray Stannard, pseud. David Grayson, 1870–1946, American author, b. Lansing, Mich., grad. Michigan State College (now Michigan State Univ.), 1889. At first a Chicago newspaper…ray, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) ray, extremely flat-bodied cartilaginous marine fish, related to the shark. The pectoral fins of most rays are developed into broad, flat, winglike appendages, attached all along the…Dolby, Ray Milton
(Encyclopedia) Dolby, Ray Milton, 1933–2013, American inventor, audio engineer, and corporate executive, B.S. Stanford, 1957, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1961. While a teenager, he worked for Ampex Corp. (1949–…Wilbur, Ray Lyman
(Encyclopedia) Wilbur, Ray Lyman, 1875–1949, American public official and educator, b. Boonesboro, Iowa, grad. Stanford (B.A., 1896; M.A., 1897) and Cooper Medical College, San Francisco, 1899. After…Cale Young Rice: Chanson of the Bells of Osenèy
Chanson of the Bells of OsenèyThirteenth CenturyCale Young RiceThe bells of Osenèy (Hautclère, Doucement, Austyn) Chant sweetly every day, And sadly, for our sin. The bells of Osenèy (John,…Cale Young Rice: When the Wind is low
When the Wind is lowCale Young RiceWhen the wind is low, and the sea is soft, And the far heat-lightning plays On the rim of the west where dark clouds nest On a darker bank of haze; When I…Cale Young Rice: New Dreams for Old
New Dreams for OldCale Young RiceIs there no voice in the world to come crying, "New dreams for old! New for old!"? Many have long in my heart been lying, Faded, weary, and cold. All…Edmund RICE, Congress, MN (1819-1889)
RICE Edmund , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Waitsfield, Vt., February 14, 1819; attended the common schools; moved to Kalamazoo, Mich., in November 1838; studied law; was admitted…Thomas RICE, Congress, MA (1768-1854)
RICE Thomas , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Pownalborough (now Wiscasset), Maine (then a part of Massachusetts), March 30, 1768; was graduated from Harvard University in 1791;…Trending
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