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The Supreme Court: Taft Court, 1921 to 1930

Taft Court, 1921 to 1930The Supreme CourtEbbs and Flows of Court LeadershipTaney Court, 1837 to 1864Chase Court, 1864 to 1873Waite Court, 1874 to 1888Fuller Court, 1888 to 1910White Court,…

1500 meters

1500 metersYear Time 1972 Lyudmila Bragina, USSR 4:01.4 WR1976 Tatyana Kazankina, USSR 4:05.48 1980 Tatyana Kazankina, USSR 3:56.6 OR1984 Gabriella Dorio, ITA 4:03.25 1988 Paula Ivan, ROM…

Colorado Rockies 1997 Roster By Statistics

Batting (135 AB)AvgABRHHRRBISBLarry Walker.3665681432084913033Andres Galarraga.3186001201914114015Dante Bichette.30856181173261186Vinny Castilla.30461294186401132Jeff Reed.…

Women in the 109th Congress

Sources: www.house.gov and www.senate.gov Blacks in the 109th Congress (42 in House: 42 Democrats; 1 Democrat in Senate) State House Senate Alabama Artur Davis (D)   California…

Women in the 110th Congress

Check out the lists of minorities and women in the 110th Congress, along with which state and political party they represented. The 110th Congress was the meeting of the legislative branch of the…

Brewer's: Albino-poets

Oliver Wendell Holmes, in the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (chap. viii.), speaks of Kirke White as one of the “sweet Albino poets,” whose “plaintive song” he admires. It implies some…

Brewer's: Helvetia

Switzerland. So called from the Helvetii, a powerful Celtic people who dwelt thereabouts. See from the ashes of Helvetia's pile The whitened skull of old Servetus smile. Holmes. Source:…

Brewer's: Hipper-switches

Coarse willow withes. A hipper is a coarse osier used in basket-making, and an osier field is a hipper-holm. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894HippoHip! Hip!…