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Pulitzer Prizes: Reporting

1917Herbert B. Swope (New York World)1918Harold A. Littledale (New York Evening Post)1920John J. Leary, Jr. (New York World)1921Louis Seibold (New York World)1922Kirke L. Simpson (Associated…

Brewer's: Forbears

Ancestors, predecessors —i.e. those born before the present generation. (Anglo-Saxon, fór-béran.) “My name is Græme, so please you,—Roland Græme, whose forbears were designated of…

Brewer's: Callipolis

A character in the Battle of Alcazar (1594) by George Peele. It is referred to by Pistol in 2 Henry IV., act ii. 4; and Sir W. Scott uses the word over and over again as the synonym of…

Cabinet Members of George W. Bush

2001-2009 by Beth Rowen Related Links Inaugural FactfileBiography: George W. BushPresidential Inaugural AddressesPresidential Inaugural Addresses: Length and Date of SpeechHow is a President…

George W. Bush, 1999 News

53, governor of Texas, emerged as the front-runner in a crowded field of Republican presidential hopefuls. In his first four months of fund-raising, he amassed an astounding $37 million. His…

Robert W. Sarnoff 1997 Deaths

Robert W. SarnoffAge: 78chairman of RCA Succeeding his father, Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff, who is considered one of the fathers of network television, Robert diversified communications company…

W. Arthur Garrity, Jr. Biography

W. Arthur Garrity, Jr.Age: 79 the federal judge who in 1974 triggered riots and “white flight” by ordering the desegregation, by student busing, of Boston schools.Died: Boston, Mass.,…

George W. Bush, 2000 News

governor of Texas, became the Republican nominee for president at the Aug. Republican National Convention. The path to nomination was not an easy one for Bush. Sen. John McCain's insurgent…

Edwin W. Edwards, 2000 News

former four-term governor of Louisiana, was found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy, and extortion in May. The charges stemmed from a scam in which he extorted millions from applicants…

John Keats: To G. A. W.

by JohnKeatsTo a Friend who sent me some RosesO Solitude! if I must with thee dwell,To G. A. W. Nymph of the downward smile, and sidelong glance, In what diviner moments of the day Art…