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John Herman DENT, Congress, PA (1908-1988)

DENT John Herman , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Johnetta, Armstrong County, Pa., March 10, 1908; educated in the public schools of Armstrong and Westmoreland Counties, the Great Lakes…

Biggest

Land mammal: African elephants weigh up to 14,000 pounds and can eat as much as 600 pounds of food a day! Marine mammal: The blue whale is the world's biggest animal, even larger than any…

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards, and he's won three times: for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975, from the book by Ken Kesey), for Terms of Endearment (1984), and for As…

John R. Allen

John R. Allen succeeded General David Petraeus in July of 2011 as the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan. A four-star general, John Allen was slated to become NATO Supreme Allied Commander…

George P. Shultz

George Pratt Shultz was an economist and Republican presidential adviser known best as the U.S. Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan from 1982-89. An academic who thrust himself into politics,…

James Wadsworth SYMINGTON, Congress, MO (1927)

SYMINGTON James Wadsworth , a Representative from Missouri; born in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, September 28, 1927; attended St. Bernard's School in New York City, St. Louis Country Day…