Deadly QuestionsStudy raises questions about capital punishment in the U.S. by David Johnson This article was posted on June 22, 2000.THE DEBATE on the death penalty has intensified with…
horticulturist, namesake of the Bing cherryBorn: ?Birthplace: China A Manchurian Chinese, Bing immigrated to the United States and went to work in the orchards owned by the Lewelling family in…
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College Player of Year with North Carolina in 1984; NBA Rookie of the Year (1985); led NBA in scoring 7 years in a row (1987-93) and also 1996-98; 10- time All…
This table provides the name and state of the women currently serving in the 111th Congress (which began in 2009). There are 77 women in the House of Representatives and 17 women in the Senate…
(Ramon Estevez)actorBorn: 8/3/1940Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio One of ten children of a poor Spanish immigrant father and Irish mother, Sheen got his start on Broadway, where he won a Tony Award for…
(Percy Miller)rap musician, filmmaker, record label executiveBorn: 4/29/1970Birthplace: New Orleans Master P used a $10,000 inheritance to open a record store in 1989, which he later transformed…
GALLIUMBIOGRAPHY: DIMITRI MENDELEYEV Russian, 1834-1907GROUPSPERIODSFIND OUT MOREAt first glance, the periodic table looks very complex. In fact it is a large grid of every element that exists.…
WHALLEY, John Irving, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Barnesboro, Cambria County, Pa., September 14, 1902; attended the public schools and Cambria Rowe Business College; engaged in…
BROWN, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Kishacoquillas Valley, near Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pa., August 12, 1772; attended the common schools; moved to Lewistown, Pa., in…
