The Royal FamilyThe Queen Mum Turns 100! Britain honors the country's most beloved royal by David Johnson The Queen Mother arrives at London's Guildhall for a celebratory lunch in her honor on…
Summary of Independent Counsel InvestigationsThe following table outlines independent counsel investigations from the Carter administration through the Clinton administration. Included is the…
What is this job like? Expenditures. Receipts. Accounts payable and receivable. Profits and losses. Any organization that uses money has to keep records—records of where money came from and where…
The Question: When was the first televised debate between two presidential candidates? The Answer: The first series of presidential debates between two…
(Encyclopedia) Strauss, Lewis LichtensteinStrauss, Lewis Lichtensteinstrôz [key], 1896–1974, American financier, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (1953–58), b. Charleston, W.Va. In World War…
(Encyclopedia) Ridgway, Matthew Bunker, 1895–1993, U.S. general, b. Fort Monroe, Va. A West Point graduate, in World War II he was made (1942) assistant division commander and then commander of the…
Capital: Little Rock State abbreviation/Postal code: Ark./AR Governor: Asa Hutchinson, R (to Jan. 2019) Lieut. Governor: Tim Griffin, R (to Jan. 2019) Senators: Tom Cotton…
(Encyclopedia) Port Republic, village, NW Va., on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. During the Civil War, on June 8–9, 1862, the last battle of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson's successful…
NICHOLAS, John, (brother of Wilson Cary Nicholas and uncle of Robert Carter Nicholas), a Representative from Virginia; born in Williamsburg, Va., about 1757; attended the common schools; was…
