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Brewer's: Column at Boulogne

To commemorate the camp of Boulogne. This formidable army was intended for the invasion of England. England also girded herself for battle, and here the matter ended. The Column…

Eugene Elliott REED, Congress, NH (1866-1940)

REED Eugene Elliott , a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Manchester, N.H., April 23, 1866; attended the public schools and received instruction from private tutors; studied law;…

John Baker HOLLISTER, Congress, OH (1890-1979)

HOLLISTER John Baker , a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 7, 1890; attended the public schools and St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H.; was graduated from Yale University…

Michele Bachmann: Campaign Issues

  Where she stands   Michele Bachmann Related Links Barack Obama: Campaign Issues Campaign 2012 Closest Presidential Races Presidential Gallery Michele Bachmann’s…

premenstrual syndrome

(Encyclopedia) premenstrual syndrome (PMS), any of various symptoms experienced by women of childbearing age in the days immediately preceding menstruation. It is most common in women in their…

perspective

(Encyclopedia) perspective, in art, any method employed to represent three-dimensional space on a flat surface or in relief sculpture. Although many periods in art showed some progressive diminution…

Clive, Robert, Baron Clive of Plassey

(Encyclopedia) Clive, Robert, Baron Clive of PlasseyClive, Robert, Baron Clive of Plasseyplăsˈē [key], 1725–74, British soldier and statesman. He went to India in 1743 as a clerk for the British East…

Wolfowitz, Paul Dundes

(Encyclopedia) Wolfowitz, Paul Dundes 1943–, American political figure, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Cornell (B.A. 1965), Univ. of Chicago (Ph.D. 1972). In 1966 he entered government service, and worked…

Wolseley, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia) Wolseley, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st ViscountWolseley, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscountw&oobreve;lzˈlē [key], 1833–1913, British field marshal. He fought in Burma (present-day…