Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign GovernmentsDate of Information: 4/3/2012
Governor Gen. Jeremiah MATEPARAE Prime Min. John Phillip KEY Dep. Prime Min. Simon William…
producerBorn: 10/27/1915Birthplace: St. John, New Brunswick, Canada Based in Britain, Saltzman produced the well-received social dramas Look Back in Anger (1959) and Saturday Night and Sunday…
Taney Court, 1837 to 1864The Supreme CourtEbbs and Flows of Court LeadershipTaney Court, 1837 to 1864Chase Court, 1864 to 1873Waite Court, 1874 to 1888Fuller Court, 1888 to 1910White Court,…
(Encyclopedia) Damien, FatherDamien, Fatherdāˈmēən, dämyăNˈ [key] (Damien De Veuster), 1840–89, Belgian missionary priest and saint, originally named Jozef De Veuster. He went to Hawaii (1864) as a…
(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847–1919, American woman-suffrage leader, b. England. She emigrated (1851) to the United States in early childhood and grew up on a farm in Michigan. She received a…
(Encyclopedia) Rinehart, Mary RobertsRinehart, Mary Robertsrīnˈhärt [key], 1876–1958, American novelist, b. Pittsburgh. A graduate nurse, she married Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart in 1896. The first of her…
Scientists hope that the advances in the cloning process can bring back animals that are nearly extinct
Cloned bull named Got AP Photo/I.Lopez 1938 Cloning envisioned. Dr. Hans Spemann (…
(Encyclopedia) absintheabsintheăbˈsĭnth [key], an emerald-green liqueur distilled from wormwood and other aromatics, including angelica root, sweet-flag root, star anise, and dittany, which have been…
(Encyclopedia) Hoban, JamesHoban, Jameshōˈbən [key], c.1762–1831, American architect, b. Ireland. By 1789, Hoban had immigrated to the United States. He designed the South Carolina statehouse, which…
