This Year's Strategies Until Tuesday, October 27, Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky had only been a fringe issue in the ads, with Republicans trying to remind voters of the accomplishments of…
actressBorn: 12/22/1922 Birthplace: Los Angeles, CADied: 10/16/2010 (Santa Monica, CA) Barbara Billingsley was born Barbara Lillian Combes on Dec. 22, 1915, in…
YOCUM, Seth Hartman, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Catawissa, Columbia County, Pa., August 2, 1834; attended the rural schools; went to Philadelphia in 1850 and learned the…
HAMLIN, Courtney Walker, (cousin of William Edward Barton), a Representative from Missouri; born in Brevard, Transylvania County, N.C., October 27, 1858; in 1869 moved to Missouri with his…
(Encyclopedia) Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922–93, American painter, b. Portland, Oreg. Raised in California, he studied at Stanford and at a collector's home encountered (1943) the work of Matisse, whose…
HOWARD, Volney Erskine, a Representative from Texas; born in Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine, October 22, 1809; completed preparatory studies; attended Bloomfield Academy and Waterville…
WELLS, Guilford Wiley, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Conesus Center, Livingston County, N.Y., February 14, 1840; attended the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and College, Lima, N.Y.;…
grunge-punk band In the mid-1980s, Art Alexakis decided to kick his drug habit and focus on music. He formed a country punk band, Colorfinger, in San Francisco. After the band split he moved with…
(Encyclopedia) Larkin, Philip, 1922–85, English poet. He graduated from St. John's College, Oxford (B.A., 1943; M.A., 1947) and was for many years librarian at the Univ. of Hull. With an eye for the…
