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Boehner, John Andrew

(Encyclopedia) Boehner, John Andrew Boehner, John Andrew bāˈnər [key], 1949–, American congressman, Speaker of the U.S…

Country Music Hall of Fame

Find out who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, from its foundation in 1961 to the present day.1961 Jimmie Rodgers Fred Rose Hank Williams 1962 Roy Acuff 1963 No…

Entertainment News from December 2001

2President Bush lauds actors Julie Andrews and Jack Nicholson, composer-producer Quincy Jones, pianist Van Cliburn, and tenor Luciano Pavarotti at the Kennedy Center Honors, an annual…

Ross, Sir John

(Encyclopedia) Ross, Sir John, 1777–1856, British arctic explorer and rear admiral. In 1818 he went in search of the Northwest Passage but turned back after exploring Baffin Bay. Financed by Sir…

Barry, John

(Encyclopedia) Barry, John, 1745–1803, U.S. naval officer in the American Revolution, b. Co. Wexford, Ireland. He went as a youth to Philadelphia, where he was a trader and a shipmaster. In the…

Bagnold, Enid

(Encyclopedia) Bagnold, EnidBagnold, Enidbăgˈnəld [key], 1889–1981, English novelist and playwright, b. Rochester, Kent, England. She was a nurse in a military hospital in World War I. In 1920 she…

Kittery

(Encyclopedia) KitteryKitterykĭtˈərē [key], town (1990 pop. 9,372), York co., extreme SW Maine, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River opposite Portsmouth, N.H.; inc. 1647. Its economy centers around…

Laurel, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Laurel. 1 Town (1990 pop. 19,438), Prince Georges co., central Md., about halfway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore; patented in the late 1600s, inc. 1870. Primarily residential…

Greenock

(Encyclopedia) Greenock Greenock grēnˈək, grĭnˈ–, grĕnˈ– [key], city, Inverclyde, W…