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Liberal Republican party
(Encyclopedia) Liberal Republican party, in U.S. history, organization formed in 1872 by Republicans discontented at the political corruption and the policies of President Grant's first…North American Free Trade Agreement
(Encyclopedia) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), accord establishing a free-trade zone in North America; it was signed in 1992 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and took effect on…Halprin, Anna
(Encyclopedia) Halprin, Anna, 1920-2021, b. Wilmette, Il., as Ann Dorothy Schuman. She began studying dance as a child, and then briefly attended the…Art Ross Trophy <span class="rm" ><span class="rm" >(Scoring)</span></span>
Given to the player who leads the league in points scored and named after the former Boston Bruins general manager-coach. First presented in 1948, names of prior leading scorers have been…Antarctica Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & Figures
Antarctica is a unique continent located at the South Pole of the Earth. It is the fifth largest continent and the only one without an indigenous population. As you can see from maps of Antarctica,…Joan Humphrey Lefkow, 2005 News
federal judge, was the target of an assassination attempt by troubled electrician Bart Ross, who was outraged that she dismissed a malpractice suit he had filed. Lefkow was not at home when…Brewer's: Lynchnobians
Booksellers and publishers. Rabelais says they inhabit a little hamlet near Lantern-land, and live by lanters. (Pantagruel, v. 33.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Third Parties
Learn about the history of third party participation in U.S. elections. Sources: Ralph Nader: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin; Eugene Debs: AP Photo; Victoria Woodhull: WikiCommons; Theodore…William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act I, Scene II
Scene IIA camp near ForresAlarum within. Enter Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lennox, with Attendants, meeting a bleeding SergeantDuncanWhat bloody man is that? He can report, As seemeth by his…Brewer's: Lynceus
(2 syl.) was so sharp sighted he could see through the earth, and distinguish objects nine miles off. “That Lynceus may be matched with Gautard's sight.” Hall: Satires, iv. 1. “Non…Trending
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