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Frances Payne BOLTON, Congress, OH (1885-1977)

BOLTON Frances Payne , a Representative from Ohio; born Francis Payne Bingham, March 29, 1885, in Cleveland, Ohio; attended private schools in United States and France; active in public health,…

1999 Men's Tennis Davis Cup Australia v France

Australia 3, France 2 at Nice, France (Dec. 3-5) Day One— Mark Philippoussis (AUS) def. Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4; Cedric Pioline (FRA) def. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (8-6…

2000-01 Season Recap for the Tour de France

Thrice as Nice Is there anything left for this man to do? Simply put, no conversation about the most amazing accomplishments in sports history is complete without a discussion of Lance Armstrong…

Chambly

(Encyclopedia) Chambly Chambly shäNblēˈ [key], city, S Que., Canada, on the Richelieu River, E of Montreal…

Zanardelli, Giuseppe

(Encyclopedia) Zanardelli, GiuseppeZanardelli, Giuseppej&oomacr;zĕpˈpā dzänärdĕlˈlē [key], 1826–1903, Italian politician and premier (1901–3). As minister of justice (1881–83, 1887–91) he…

Oberlin, Jean Frédéric

(Encyclopedia) Oberlin, Jean FrédéricOberlin, Jean FrédériczhäN frādārēkˈ ôbĕrlăNˈ [key], 1740–1826, Alsatian Lutheran clergyman. He was appointed in 1767 to a pastorate in Ban-de-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin…

New Age

(Encyclopedia) New Age, a term popularized in the 1980s to describe a wide-ranging set of beliefs and practices that are an outgrowth of the counterculture of the 1960s and 70s in the United States.…

New Albany

(Encyclopedia) New Albany, city (1990 pop. 36,322), seat of Floyd co., S Ind., near the falls of the Ohio River opposite Louisville, Ky.; inc. 1819. The city was a shipbuilding center in the 19th…

New Alesund

(Encyclopedia) New Alesund, town, Spitsbergen: see Ny-Ålesund.