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Hillary Rodham CLINTON, Congress, NY (1947)

Senate Years of Service: 2001-2009Party: DemocratCLINTON, Hillary Rodham, (wife of President William Jefferson Clinton), a Senator from New York; born on October 26, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois…

Mack Francis MATTINGLY, Congress, GA (1931)

Senate Years of Service: 1981-1987Party: RepublicanMATTINGLY, Mack Francis, a Senator from Georgia; born in Anderson, Madison County, Ind., January 7, 1931; attended the public schools;…

John Chester CULVER, Congress, IA (1932)

Senate Years of Service: 1975-1981Party: DemocratCULVER, John Chester, a Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., August 8, 1932; attended Cedar Rapids…

DAVIS, John William, Congress, GA (1916-1992)

DAVIS, John William, a Representative from Georgia; born in Rome, Floyd County, Ga., September 12, 1916; attended the public schools; University of Georgia at Athens, A.B., 1937 and from the law…

2000 Olympics: Badminton

MEN Singles: 1. Ji Xinpeng, CHN def. 2. Hendrawan, INA (15-4, 15-13); 3. Xia Xuanze, CHN def. Peter Gade, DEN (15-13, 15-5). Doubles: 1. Tony Gunawan & Candra Wijaya, INA def. 2. Lee Dong-Soo…

2008 Summer Games Tennis

MenSingles: Rafael Nadal, SPA, def. Fernando Gonzalez, CHI, 6-3, 7(7)-6(2), 6-3.   Novak Djokovic, SER Doubles…

Alphonse ROY, Congress, NH (1897-1967)

ROY, Alphonse, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in St. Simon, Province of Quebec, Canada, October 26, 1897; moved to Manchester, N.H., in 1901; attended the parochial schools; engaged…

Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee

Queen Elizabeth Celebrates Golden Jubilee 50 years on the throne remembered by David Johnson Only four other monarchs have ruled Great Britain as long as Queen Elizabeth II. When…

Public Transportation: Subways

Underground RailroadsA short history of subterranean transport in America by Dan Shafto   The interior of a women's car on the early New York subway. Modern systems not only integrate the sexes…

crossword puzzle

(Encyclopedia) crossword puzzle, word game in which words corresponding to numbered clues are put into a grid of horizontal and vertical squares to form intersecting words. The puzzle is solved when…