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Joseph Marmaduke PRATT, Congress, PA (1891-1946)
PRATT Joseph Marmaduke , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., September 4, 1891; moved with his parents to Philadelphia, Pa. in 1892; attended the public…Season of U.S. Travel in 2003
(percent of trips)Winter20%Spring23%Summer33%Fall24%Source: Travel Industry Association of America; Travelscope®.World's Top Ten Tourism Earners, 2004Travel StatisticsTop States Visited by U.…Cuba Gooding, Jr. Biography
Cuba Gooding, Jr. actorBorn: 1/2/1968Birthplace: Bronx, New York Talented actor who stole the show, and walked away with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, as the temperamental but passionate…Rebecca De Mornay Biography
Rebecca De Mornay (Rebecca George)actressBorn: 8/29/1958Birthplace: Los Angeles Making her film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's One from the Heart (1982), she achieved popular success after…Roy Evans 1998 Deaths
Roy EvansAge: 88 longtime president of the International Table Tennis Federation who is credited with coming up with the idea of Ping-Pong Diplomacy, the 1971 initiative that paved the way…Ken Kesey 2001 Deaths
Ken KeseyAge: 66 writer and counterculture hero who was inspired to write his first novel, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, while working as a night attendant in the psychiatric ward of a…America the Beautiful
The Question: Who wrote the music and words to the song America the Beautiful? The Answer: The words were written by an instructor at Wellesley (Mass.)…How Long To Mars?
The Question: How long would it take to land a manned spacecraft on Mars? The Answer: According to NASA, a vessel with humans on it would take roughly six months…Charles Vernon CULVER, Congress, PA (1830-1909)
CULVER Charles Vernon , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Logan, Hocking County, Ohio, September 6, 1830; received a liberal preparatory schooling and attended the Ohio Wesleyan…Tanya Donelly
Beautysleep4AD/Beggars Banquet She was a driving force behind bands like Belly, The Breeders, and Throwing Muses, bands that put Tanya Donelly on the alt-rock fast track. But she slipped off…