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Brewer's: Calomel

Hooper says- “This name, which means `beautiful black,' was originally given to the Æthiop's mineral, or black sulphuret of mercury. It was afterwards applied in joke by Sir Theodore…

Award of Merit

Award of MeritYear 1976 Jack J. Dreyfus1977 Steve Cauthen1978 Dinny Phipps1979 Jimmy Kilroe1980 John D. Shapiro1981 Bill Shoemaker1984 John Gaines1985 Keene Daingerfield1986 Herman Cohen1987…

Eclipse Awards

Horse of the YearOlder MaleOlder Filly or Mare3-Year-Old Colt or Gelding3-Year-Old Filly2-Year-Old Colt or Gelding2-Year-Old FillyChampion Turf HorseChampion Male Turf HorseChampion Female…

Tom Van Horn MOOREHEAD, Congress, OH (1898-1979)

MOOREHEAD Tom Van Horn , a Representative from Ohio; born in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, April 12, 1898; attended the public schools, Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, and George…

The Declaration of Independence

On April 12, 1776, the legislature of North Carolina authorized its delegates to the Continental Congress to join with others in a declaration of separation from Great Britain; the first…

Hastert, Dennis

(Encyclopedia) Hastert, Dennis (John Dennis “Denny” Hastert)Hastert, Dennishăsˈtərt [key], 1942–, U.S. congressman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2007), b. Aurora, Ill. He…

Jersey City

(Encyclopedia) Jersey City, city (1990 pop. 228,537), seat of Hudson co., NE N.J., a port on a peninsula formed by the Hudson and Hackensack rivers and Upper New York Bay, opposite lower Manhattan;…