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James Way COVERT, Congress, NY (1842-1910)

COVERT James Way , A Representative from New York; born at Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y., September 2, 1842; attended the public schools and received an academic education in Locust Valley, N.Y.;…

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery

(Encyclopedia) Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779–1813, American explorer, an army officer, b. Lamberton (now part of Trenton), N.J. He joined the army (c.1793) and was commissioned second lieutenant in…

equity

(Encyclopedia) equity, principles of justice originally developed by the English chancellor. In Anglo-American jurisprudence equitable principles and remedies are distinguished from the older system…

William JONES, Congress, PA (1760-1831)

JONES William , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1760; completed academic studies; served in the Revolutionary War, joining a company of volunteers at the age of…

ratchet and pawl

(Encyclopedia) ratchet and pawl, mechanical device that permits motion in one direction only. The ratchet is usually a wheel with slanting teeth. The pawl is a lever tangential to the wheel with one…

Henry Fool

Director/Writer:Hal HartleyDirector of Photography:Michael SpillerEditor:Steve HamiltonMusic:Hal HartleyProduction Designer:Steve RosenzweigProducers:Larry Meistrich, Daniel J. Victor and…

Bandwagon

Director/Writer: John SchultzDirector of Photography:Shawn MaurerEditor:John PaceMusic:Greg KendallProduction Designer:Irina RiveraProducers:Alyson Poole and John SchultzCinepix Film…

Book Nine

Book Nine   He who acts unjustly acts impiously. For since the universal nature has made rational animals for the sake of one another to help one another according to their deserts, but in…