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Punctuation: The Comma: A Major Player

The Comma: A Major PlayerPunctuationPunctuation MattersPeriod, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark: The End of the LineThe Comma: A Major PlayerThe Semicolon: Love Child of the Comma and the PeriodThe…

Wolseley, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia) Wolseley, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st ViscountWolseley, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscountw&oobreve;lzˈlē [key], 1833–1913, British field marshal. He fought in Burma (present-day…

Henderson

(Encyclopedia) Henderson. 1 City (2020 pop. 27,801), seat of Henderson co., NW Ky., on the Ohio River, in an oil, coal, tobacco, corn, and livestock…

Presidential Pardons

The number of pardons granted by U.S. presidents since 1789 by Mark Hughes Related Links Presidential Pardons Presidential Factfile Presidents…

Biographies of the U.S. Presidents

  Joseph Robinette Biden Donald John Trump Barack Hussein Obama George Walker Bush William Jefferson Clinton George Herbert Walker Bush Ronald Wilson Reagan…

Cree

(Encyclopedia) Cree, Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They formerly inhabited the…

columnist

(Encyclopedia) columnist, the writer of an essay appearing regularly in a newspaper or periodical, usually under a constant heading. Although originally humorous, the column in many cases has…

Coolidge, Calvin

(Encyclopedia) Coolidge, Calvin, 1872–1933, 30th President of the United States (1923–29), b. Plymouth, Vt. John Calvin Coolidge was a graduate of Amherst College and was admitted to the bar in 1897…

National Archives

(Encyclopedia) National Archives, official depository for records of the U.S. federal government, established in 1934 by an act of Congress. Although displeasure concerning the method of keeping…