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El Dorado, legendary country of South America

(Encyclopedia) El DoradoEl Doradoĕlˈdəräˈdō, –rāˈ– [key] [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. The legend supposedly originated in a…

Lyndon Baines JOHNSON, Congress, TX (1908-1973)

Senate Years of Service: 1949-1961 Party: Democrat JOHNSON Lyndon Baines , a Representative and a Senator from Texas and a Vice President and 36th President of the United States; born on a farm…

Sacre Bleu

Eventual winner Marco Pantani joins the protest with the rest of the his fellow bikers on the French concrete before the start of the 12th stage of the Tour de France.Archive Photos Italy's…

Brewer's: Marcosians

A branch of the Gnostics; so called from the Egyptian Marcus. They are noted for their apocryphal books and religious fables. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…