(Encyclopedia) Robinson-Patman Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1936 to supplement the Clayton Antitrust Act. The act, advanced by Congressman Wright Patman, forbade any person or firm engaged in…
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actorBorn: 2/27/1962Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Best known for his role as Jake Hanson on the nighttime soap Melrose Place (1992–97), Show received his training at the London Academy of Music and…
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actressBorn: 10/16/1925Birthplace: London, England Tony Award-winning stage, film, and television actress best known for her role as crime solver Jessica Fletcher on television's Murder, She Wrote…
(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895–1975, U.S. government official and senator, b. Centerville, S.Dak. He had a newspaper and insurance background before he served New Mexico as treasurer (…
(Encyclopedia) Petty, Sir William, 1623–87, English statistician and physician. He was a founder of the Royal Society and was physician general to the army of Ireland in 1652. Petty's survey of the…
(Encyclopedia) Pynchon, William, c.1590–1662, American colonist and theologian, b. England. An original patentee and assistant in the Massachusetts Bay Company, he migrated to America in 1630, where…
(Encyclopedia) Rawlings, Jerry John (Jeremiah John Rawlings), 1947–2020, Ghanaian political leader. Of Scottish and Ghanaian descent, Rawlings attended military schools throughout his early life,…
