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Below is the composition of the 112th Congress' House of Representatives, following the 2010 midterm elections. In the following lists, the numeral indicates the congressional district represented…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Massachusetts
Member Name Birth-Death ABBOTT, Amos 1786-1868 ABBOTT, Josiah Gardner 1814-1891 ADAMS, Benjamin 1764-1837…
The oldest, the tallest, the fastest, and the longest by Mike Morrison and Chris Frantz Have you ever wondered who threw the fastest pitch in Major League Baseball history? Or who is the…
(Encyclopedia) Gothic revival, term designating a return to the building styles of the Middle Ages. Although the Gothic revival was practiced throughout Europe, it attained its greatest importance in…
(Encyclopedia) GirondistsGirondistsjĭrŏnˈdĭsts [key] or GirondinsGirondistszhērôNdăNˈ [key], political group of moderate republicans in the French Revolution, so called because the central members…
(Encyclopedia) Stamp Act, 1765, revenue law passed by the British Parliament during the ministry of George Grenville. The first direct tax to be levied on the American colonies, it required that all…
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(Encyclopedia) BrontëBrontëbrŏnˈtē [key], family of English novelists, including Charlotte Brontë, 1816–55, English novelist, Emily Jane Brontë, 1818–48, English novelist and poet, and Anne Brontë,…
Those Quotable Irish
John Millington Synge, W.B. Yeats, and others
Compiled by David Johnson, Ann Marie Imbornoni, and Borgna Brunner
The Irish have always been…
