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Butler, Richard Austen

(Encyclopedia) Butler, Richard Austen, 1902–82, British politician. Educated at Cambridge, he entered Parliament in 1929 as a Conservative. As minister of education (1941–45), he piloted through…

Wistar, Caspar

(Encyclopedia) Wistar, CasparWistar, Casparwĭsˈtər [key], 1761–1818, American physician, b. Philadelphia, M.D. Univ. of Edinburgh, 1786; grandson of Caspar Wistar (1696–1752), early Pennsylvania…

Brookline

(Encyclopedia) Brookline Brookline br&oobreve;kˈlīn [key], town (2020 pop. 63,191), Norfolk co., E Mass., a suburb…

Linklater, Richard Stuart

(Encyclopedia) Linklater, Richard Stuart, 1960–, American screenwriter, director, and actor, b. Houston. He dropped out of college and worked on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, then moved to Austin…

Top Web Brands (U.S. Home & Work), 2009

Find out which network web brands ranked in the top ten for 2009. RankBrandAvg Monthly Unique Audience (000) 1.Google147,301 2.Yahoo!134,179 3.MSN/Windows/Bing112,389 4.YouTube100,211 5.…

The Perseids Are Falling!

In 2016, search the skies on August 11–12 for the Perseid meteor showers The Perseid meteor showers reach their peak on Aug. 11, 2016. Related Links…

Famous Firsts by American Women, 1587–1900

Here is a timeline about famous firsts by American women. This information includes such notable figures as the first published author in 1650 (Anne Bradstreet), to Elizabeth Blackwell receiving…