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Vincent K. SNOWBARGER, Congress, KS (1949)

SNOWBARGER Vincent K. , a Representative from Kansas; born in Kankakee, Ill., September 16, 1949; graduated from Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park, Kans., 1967; B.A., Southern…

K. William STINSON, Congress, WA (1930)

STINSON K. William , a Representative from Washington; born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., April 20, 1930; attended the public schools and Grand Rapids Junior College for two years;…

Thomas K. HARRIS, Congress, TN (1816)

HARRIS Thomas K. , a Representative from Tennessee; birth date unknown; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Sparta and McMinnville, Tenn.; trustee of Priestly Academy, Sparta…

Piero della Francesca

(Encyclopedia) Piero della FrancescaPiero della Francescapyĕˈrō dĕlˈlä fränchāsˈkä [key], c.1420–1492, major Italian Renaissance painter, b. Borgo San Sepolcro (modern Sansepolcro). All his…

Southey, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Southey, RobertSouthey, Robertsouˈᵺē, sŭᵺˈē [key], 1774–1843, English author. Primarily a poet, he was numbered among the so-called Lake poets. While at Oxford he formed (1794) a…

Bitterroot, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Bitterroot, river, c.120 mi (190 km) long, rising in SW Mont. and flowing north to join the Clark Fork River near Missoula. A Roman Catholic mission was established on the river in…

2004 People in the News

Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),Freddy Adu,Iyad Allawi,Jean-Bertrand Aristide,Lance Armstrong,Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,José María Aznar,Nicholas Berg,Sandy Berger,Todd Bertuzzi,Conrad Black,William Boykin,…

Lewiston

(Encyclopedia) Lewiston. 1 City (1990 pop. 28,082), seat of Nez Perce co., NW Idaho, at the Wash. line and at the junction of the Snake and Clearwater rivers; founded 1861. It is the commercial and…

Warburton, William

(Encyclopedia) Warburton, William, 1698–1779, English bishop and author. Ordained in 1727 and serving successively in several rectories, he became chaplain to Frederick Louis, prince of Wales, in…

North Las Vegas

(Encyclopedia) North Las Vegas, city (1990 pop. 47,707), Clark co., SE Nev., a residential suburb of Las Vegas; inc. 1946. Tourism is the economic mainstay of this growing suburb. The city's…