(Encyclopedia) Acheson, Dean GooderhamAcheson, Dean Gooderhamăchˈĭsən [key], 1893–1971, U.S. secretary of state (1949–53), b. Middletown, Conn., grad. Yale, Harvard Law School. He was (1919–21)…
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This table displays data about the spouses of U.S. Presidents, including the years of birth, death, and marriage, as well as the gender and number of children…
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Father's Day Quotations Compiled by Elizabeth Olson "For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers." Homer "It doesn't matter who my…
