(Encyclopedia) Rich, Adrienne, 1929–2012, American poet, b. Baltimore, grad. Radcliffe, 1951. From the 1970s her exquisitely wrought verse became looser and more personal as her works increasingly…
LAURENS, Henry, a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., March 6, 1724; received his early education in Charleston; went to England in 1744 to acquire a business education;…
Bouvet Island The most remote spot on earth Where Is It?Bored with tropical retreats and looking for something a little more invigorating and brisk? Try the sub-Antarctic. Bouvet Island is…
Bouvet Island The most remote spot on earth Where Is It?Bored with tropical retreats and looking for something a little more invigorating and brisk? Try the sub-Antarctic. Bouvet Island is…
Iraq Crisis Events of 1997–1998 Related Links In the News Crisis erupted as the U.N.'s weapons inspection process in Iraq neared its seventh year. On Nov. 13, 1997, Iraq expelled the American…
publisherBorn: 1782Birthplace: New York City Having opened his own print shop in 1807, he later expanded into publishing and published several well-known New Yorkers, including Washington Irving…
(Encyclopedia) Fowles, John, 1926–2005, English writer, b. Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, grad. Oxford, 1950. A complex, cerebral writer and a superb storyteller, Fowles was interested in manipulating the…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Spanish Relations PEOPLE Spain's population density, lower…
Senate Years of Service: 1969-1996Party: RepublicanDOLE, Robert Joseph, (husband of Elizabeth H. Dole), a Representative and a Senator from Kansas; born in Russell, Kans., July 22, 1923;…
Iraqi political leaderBorn: 4/28/1937Birthplace: Tikrit, Iraq Hussein was raised in the farming village of Tikrit by his widowed mother. He joined the Ba'ath Socialist party in 1957 and was soon…
