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The Supreme Court: Desegregating Schools

Desegregating SchoolsThe Supreme CourtWarren CourtA Court DividedDesegregating SchoolsMandating Criminal RightsFocusing on Personal RightsLeaving the Court Let's take a close look at Warren'…

Tristam BURGES, Congress, RI (1770-1853)

BURGES, Tristam, (great-great-uncle of Theodore Francis Green), a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Rochester, Mass., February 26, 1770; attended the common schools; studied medicine…

The Australian Open

 This could be a breakthrough season for Venus Williams, who is armed with the serve and the sass to tear up the WTA Tour. In 1998 she clocked a women's world record 127 m.p.h. serve and backed…

1903–1920

1903—Boston A.L. 5 (Jimmy Collins); Pittsburgh N.L. 3 (Fred Clarke). WP—Boston: Dinneen (2, 6, 8), Young (5, 7); Pittsburgh: Phillippe (1, 3, 4). LP—Boston: Young (1), Hughes (3), Dinneen (4);…

Rachel Ward

actressBorn: 9/12/1957Birthplace: Cornwell Manor, England Ward was nominated in 1982 for the New Star of the Year Golden Globe award for portraying Dominoe in the Burt Reynolds cop film, Sharkey's…

T. Rex Bargain

A group of investors from South Dakota paid more than $90,000 for the fossilized remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex at an auction in May 2004 in California. The price tag was considerably less…

Theodore Francis GREEN, Congress, RI (1867-1966)

Senate Years of Service: 1937-1961Party: DemocratGREEN, Theodore Francis, (grandnephew of Samuel Greene Arnold, great-grandnephew of Tristam Burges, great-grandson of James Burrill, Jr., great…

musk

(Encyclopedia) musk, odorous substance secreted by an abdominal gland of the musk deer, used in perfume as a scent and fixative. The gland, found only in males, grows to the size of a hen's egg; the…

Chrysophyta

(Encyclopedia) ChrysophytaChrysophytakrəsŏfˈətə [key], phylum (division) of unicellular marine or freshwater organisms of the kingdom Protista consisting of the diatoms (class Bacillariophyceae), the…

Pam Grier

actressBorn: 5/26/1949Birthplace: Winston-Salem, North Carolina The Hollywood gods finally were good to Pam Grier in 1997, who finally got a complete role after years of toiling in women-in-chains…