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gambling

(Encyclopedia) gambling or gaming, betting of money or valuables on, and often participation in, games of chance (some involving degrees of skill). In England and in the United States, gambling was…

Constance Baker Motley Biography

Constance Baker Motleylawyer and juristBorn: 9/14/1921Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. As a prominent civil rights attorney, Motley won nine of the ten cases she argued before the U.S. Supreme…

Katherine Harris Biography

Katherine HarrisFlorida's secretary of state and co-chairwoman of George W. Bush's presidential campaign in FloridaBorn: April 5, 1957Birthplace: Key West, Fla. Katherine Harris undoubtedly…

William E. BARRETT, Congress, NE (1929)

BARRETT William E. , a Representative from Nebraska; born in Lexington, Dawson County, Nebr., February 9, 1929; B.A., Hastings College, Hastings, Nebr., 1952; graduate of the Nebraska Realtors…

Mathew Harris ELLSWORTH, Congress, OR (1899-1986)

ELLSWORTH Mathew Harris , a Representative from Oregon; born in Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Wash., September 17, 1899; moved with his parents to Eugene and later to Wendling, Oreg.; attended the…

George Bradshaw KELLY, Congress, NY (1900-1971)

KELLY George Bradshaw , a Representative from New York; born in Waterloo, Seneca County, N.Y., December 12, 1900; attended parochial and high schools and the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.…

Time Code

Director/Writer:Mike FiggisScreen Gems; R; 93 minutesRelease:4/00Cast:Alessandro Nivola, Holly Hunter, Kyle MacLachlan, Salma Hayek, and Julian Sands There is something very special about a…

Berkeley Lloyd BUNKER, Congress, NV (1906-1999)

Senate Years of Service: 1940-1942 Party: Democrat BUNKER Berkeley Lloyd , a Senator and a Representative from Nevada; born in what was then St. Thomas, Clark County, Nev., August 12, 1906;…

Oscar Stanton DE PRIEST, Congress, IL (1871-1951)

DE PRIEST Oscar Stanton , a Representative from Illinois; born in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala., March 9, 1871; moved to Kansas in 1878 with his parents, who settled in Salina; attended the…