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Dallas County, IA Census Data

Iowa Dallas County, Iowa People QuickFactsDallas CountyIowaPopulation, 2005 estimate 51,7622,966,334Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 27.0%1.4%Population, 2000 40,7502,…

Guthrie County, IA Census Data

Iowa Guthrie County, Iowa People QuickFactsGuthrie CountyIowaPopulation, 2005 estimate 11,5472,966,334Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 1.7%1.4%Population, 2000 11,3532…

Selected Essays in Black History: Po' Sandy

The Goophered Grapevine Dave's Neckliss Po' Sandy by Charles W. Chesnutt On the northeast corner of my vineyard in central North Carolina, and fronting on the Lumberton plank-road…

Křenek, Ernst

(Encyclopedia) Křenek, ErnstKřenek, Ernstkrĕˈnĕk, Czech kerzhĕˈnĕk [key], 1900–1991, Austrian-American composer, b. Vienna. to Czech parents. He studied in Vienna and Berlin, and in the early 1920s…

Loisy, Alfred Firmin

(Encyclopedia) Loisy, Alfred FirminLoisy, Alfred Firminälfrĕdˈ fērmăNˈ lwäzēˈ [key], 1857–1940, French theologian, biblical critic, and leading exponent of biblical modernism. He was ordained (1879)…

Elizabeth Farnese

(Encyclopedia) Elizabeth FarneseElizabeth Farnesefärnāˈsā [key], 1692–1766, queen of Spain, second consort of Philip V; niece of Antonio Farnese, duke of Parma. Soon after her marriage (1714),…

Alberoni, Giulio

(Encyclopedia) Alberoni, GiulioAlberoni, Giulioj&oomacr;ˈlyō älbārōˈnē [key], 1664–1752, Italian statesman in Spanish service, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Appointed (1713)…

George, Stefan

(Encyclopedia) George, StefanGeorge, Stefanshtāˈfän gāôrgˈə [key], 1868–1933, German poet, leader of the revolt against realism in German literature. He was poetically influenced by Greek classical…