Senate Years of Service: 1927-1951Party: DemocratTYDINGS, Millard Evelyn, (father of Joseph Davies Tydings), a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born in Havre de Grace, Harford…
President of the PhilippinesBorn: April 5, 1947 Daughter of the late Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal, Macapagal-Arroyo graduated from Assumption College in the Philippines, holds a master’…
(Encyclopedia) MarseillaiseMarseillaisemärˌsəlāzˈ [key] [Fr.,=of Marseille], the French national anthem, written and composed in 1792 for the army of the Rhine by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, a…
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(Encyclopedia) bronchoscopebronchoscopebrŏngˈkəskōpˌ [key], long, tubular instrument with a light at the tip that is inserted through the windpipe and bronchial tubes to examine these structures. By…
Distributor:Weston Woods Studios, Inc. Simms Taback’s Caldecott Medal winning story based on a Yiddish folk song about a clever tailor named Joseph who always finds a way to make something out of…
RUSSELL, Joseph, a Representative from New York; born in New York and resided in Warrensburg, N.Y., birth date unknown; received a limited schooling; sheriff of Warren County, November 1834-…
(Encyclopedia) GavarniGavarnigävärnēˈ [key], pseud. of Sulpice Guillaume ChevalierGavarnisülpēsˈ gēyōmˈ shəvälyāˈ [key], 1804–66, French caricaturist and lithographer. He was first known for his…