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Women's Suffrage: The Supreme Court Speaks

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Struggle for the Thirty-Sixth StateTennesseeThe Supreme Court SpeaksMany eminent lawyers were convinced that even should the Federal…

Summer Sizzlers | May 2000

by Beth Rowen Dinosaur Disney's animated extravaganza Dinosaur What would summer be without a Disney animated extravaganza? This year's entry is computer-generated, à la…

Kramer, Larry

(Encyclopedia) Kramer, Larry (Lawrence David), 1935-2020 American gay-rights activist and playwright, b. Bridgeport, Ct., Yale Univ. (B.A., 1957).…

Sendak, Maurice Bernard

(Encyclopedia) Sendak, Maurice Bernard, 1928–2012, American writer and illustrator of children's books, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Largely self-taught, he was widely acclaimed as the 20th-century's most…

Brown, Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Gordon (James Gordon Brown), 1951–, British politician. From 1975 to 1980 he taught at Edinburgh Univ. and Glasgow College of Technology; he then joined Scottish Television (…

Burlington, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Burlington. 1 City (2020 pop. 23,982), seat of Des Moines co., SE Iowa, on four hills overlooking the Mississippi (spanned there by rail…

Taylor, Zachary

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, ZacharyTaylor, Zacharyzăkˈərē [key], 1784–1850, 12th President of the United States (1849–50), b. Orange co., Va. He was raised in Kentucky. Taylor joined the army in 1808,…