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Diwali

Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is the best known of Hindu celebrations and certainly the brightest. Amid the darkest skies of autumn, lights brighten homes throughout India—a sign of…

Enid Greene WALDHOLTZ, Congress, UT (1958)

WALDHOLTZ, Enid Greene, a Representative from Utah. See GREENE, Enid. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present Related Links Members of the…

Cindy Adams

gossip columnist A native New Yorker, Adams started writing for small city papers. Her big break came in 1979 when she cancelled a dinner with a New York Post editor because she wanted to see an…

Donna CHRISTIAN-GREEN, Congress, VI (1945)

CHRISTIAN-GREEN, Donna, a Delegate from the Virgin Islands. ( See CHRISTENSEN, Donna MC.) Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present Related Links…

Marilyn Lloyd BOUQUARD, Congress, TN (1929)

BOUQUARD, Marilyn Lloyd, a Representative from Tennessee. (See LLOYD, Marilyn Laird.) Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present Related Links…

Organic Food

Some people don’t want to eat food that has been sprayed with pesticides. Nor do they want genetically modified food (see Genetically Modified Foods). What’s the alternative? Organic food. For a…

W. E. B. Du Bois

(William Edward Burghardt Du Bois)writer, teacherBorn: 2/23/1868 African-American author and teacher who helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). A…

Blanche LAMBERT, Congress, AR (1960)

LAMBERT, Blanche, see Blanche Lambert Lincoln Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present Related Links Members of the Current Senate Floor…