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Bill WhiteBorn: Jan. 28, 1934Baseball former NL president and highest ranking Black executive in sports from 1989-94; as 1st baseman, won 7 Gold Gloves and hit .286 with 202 HRs in 13 seasons.…Reggie White
Reggie WhiteBorn: Dec. 19, 1961Football DE consensus All-America in 1983 at Tennessee; 7-time All-NFL (1986-92) with Philadelphia; signed as free agent with Green Bay in 1993 for $17 million…White Teeth
Author:Zadie Smith Twenty-something Smith may be 2000's biggest literary sensation. Her epic tale covers 25 years in the lives of Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal, a pair of friends and World War…blizzard
(Encyclopedia) blizzard, winter storm characterized by high winds, low temperatures, and driving snow; according to the official definition given in 1958 by the U.S. Weather Bureau, the winds must…Olympia Jean SNOWE, Congress, ME (1947)
Senate Years of Service: 1995-2013 Party: Republican SNOWE Olympia Jean , a Senator and a Representative from Maine; born Olympia Jean Boucles, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, February 21, 1947;…Freshfield, Douglas William
(Encyclopedia) Freshfield, Douglas William, 1845–1934, English explorer and mountaineer. A prominent member of the Royal Geographical Society, he did pioneer climbing in the Caucasus, the Himalayas,…Davis
(Encyclopedia) Davis, city (2020 pop. 66,850), Yolo co., central Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1917. It is an education center with light industry…Elbrus, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Elbrus, MountElbrus, Mountĕlbr&oobreve;sˈ, ālbr&oomacr;sˈ [key], highest mountain of the Caucasus, SE European Russia, in Georgia, formed by two extinct volcanic cones,…Pavlof Volcano
(Encyclopedia) Pavlof Volcano, active volcano, 8,177 ft (2,493 m) high, W Alaska Peninsula, SW Alaska, on the W shore of Pavlof Bay. It and its neighboring twin volcano, Pavlof Sister, 7,028 ft (2,…Kawabata, Yasunari
(Encyclopedia) Kawabata, YasunariKawabata, Yasunariyäs&oomacr;näˈrē käwäˈbätä [key], 1899–1972, Japanese novelist. His first major work was The Izu Dancer, (1925). He came to be a leader of the…Trending
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