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Presidency on Film, Part 2
Presidential Trivia Eight of the first nine American presidents —Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, and Harrison— were born British subjects. Van…Central Intelligence Agency Directors
DirectorYearsSidney W. Souers1946Hoyt S. Vandenberg1946–1947Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter1947–1950Walter Bedell Smith1950–1953Allen W. Dulles1953–1961John A. McCone1961–1965William F. Raborn, Jr.…Biographies: Notable Actors
Notable Actors Isabella Rossellini See also Filmmakers and Directors African-American Actors Asian American Film & Television Personalities Hispanic-American Film, Television, and…Twain, Mark
(Encyclopedia) Twain, Mark, pseud. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910, American author, b. Florida, Mo. As humorist, narrator, and social observer, Twain is unsurpassed in American literature.…Harlem Renaissance
(Encyclopedia) Harlem Renaissance, term used to describe a flowering of African-American literature and art in the 1920s, mainly in the Harlem district of New York City. During the mass migration of…Barnum, P. T.
(Encyclopedia) Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor Barnum)Barnum, P. T.fĭnˈēəs, bärˈnəm [key], 1810–91, American showman, b. Bethel, Conn. As a youth Barnum worked at diverse sales jobs and managed a…1996-97 Season: Final AP Top 25 Poll
Voted on by panel of 67 sportswriters & broadcasters and released on Jan. 3, 1997, following the Sugar Bowl: winning team receives the Bear Bryant Trophy, given since 1983; first place…Entertainment News from May 2000
1When negotiations break down in a heated contract dispute, Time Warner Cable blacks out ABC from 3.5 million households. The timing couldn't be worse for ABC: the May sweeps are just…Cycling Winners of the 2008 Summer Games
MENEvent Time/Score Road Race Samuel Sanchez, SPA 6:23:49 Davide Rebellin, ITA 6:…Homeland Security, United States Department of
(Encyclopedia) Homeland Security, United States Department of (DHS), executive department of the federal government charged with protecting the security of the American homeland as its main…Trending
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