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Senate Years of Service: 2009-2010Party: DemocratKIRK, Paul G., Jr., a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Newton, Mass., January 18, 1938; B.A., Harvard University, 1960; J.D., Harvard Law…
by Mark D. Hughes photos by Carol M. Highsmith Carol Highsmith, a distinguished and widely published American photographer, is donating her life's work to the Library of Congress. The Carol M.…
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(Encyclopedia) Monroe, Marilyn, 1926–62, American movie actress, b. Los Angeles as Norma Jean Baker or Norma Jeane Mortenson. Raised in orphanages after 1935 and first married at 14, Monroe, who…
(Encyclopedia) Fouquet or Foucquet, NicolasFouquet or Foucquet, Nicolasnēkôläˈ [key]Fouquet or Foucquet, Nicolas f&oomacr;kāˈ [key], 1615–80, superintendent of finance (1653–61) under King Louis…
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