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Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books
Source: National Education Association (NEA). Web: www.nea.org/readacross/resources/kidsbooks.html . This list was tabulated from an online survey that the National Education Association ran from…Robert's Rules of Order
(Encyclopedia) Robert's Rules of Order: see parliamentary law; Robert, Henry Martyn.Robert, Henry Martyn
(Encyclopedia) Robert, Henry Martyn, 1837–1923, American military engineer, b. Robertville, S.C., grad. West Point, 1857. He is best known as the author of a book on parliamentary law, Pocket Manual…Stephenson, George
(Encyclopedia) Stephenson, George, 1781–1848, British engineer, noted as a locomotive builder. He learned to read and write in night school at the age of 18, while working in a colliery. He…Stevenson, Robert Louis
(Encyclopedia) Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850–94, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist, b. Edinburgh. Handicapped from youth by delicate health, he struggled all his life against tuberculosis. He…1967 Academy Awards
The 1967 Academy Awards were presented April 10, 1968 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.Best PictureBonnie and Clyde, Warren Beatty, producer (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts)Doctor Dolittle,…Assassinations and Attempts in U.S. Since 1865
Lincoln, Abraham (president of U.S.): Shot April 14, 1865, in Washington, DC, by John Wilkes Booth; died April 15.Seward, William H. (secretary of state): Escaped assassination (though…Moe Graif Biography
Moe GraifAge: 68 colorful and wise-cracking figure in the Quebec horse racing scene; had a long and successful association with trainer/driver Jacques Herbert; after collapsing in his…Wodrow, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Wodrow, RobertWodrow, Robertw&oobreve;dˈrō [key], 1679–1734, Scottish ecclesiastical historian. His principal work is The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from…postmodernism
(Encyclopedia) postmodernism, term used to designate a multitude of trends—in the arts, philosophy, religion, technology, and many other areas—that come after and deviate from the many 20th-cent.…Trending
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