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Anjo

(Encyclopedia) Anjo Anjo änjōˈ [key], city, Aichi prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan. Once a model farm community producing rice, wheat, poultry, and cattle, Anjo is now…

Amara

(Encyclopedia) AmaraAmaraämäˈrä [key], town (1987 pop. 208,797), SE Iraq, on the Tigris River. It is a river port and a marketplace for rice, dates, grains, produce, wool, hides, and livestock.

Shibata

(Encyclopedia) ShibataShibatashĭbäˈtä [key], city (1990 pop. 78,170), Niigata prefecture, W central Honshu, Japan, on the Kaji River. It is a distribution point for rice and a center for iron, steel…

Pete OLSON, Congress, TX (1962)

OLSON, Pete, a Representative from Texas; born in Fort Lewis, Pierce County, Wash., December 9, 1962; graduated from Clear Lake High School; B. A., Rice University, Houston, Tex., 1985; J. D…

John PARKER, Congress, SC (1759-1832)

PARKER, John, a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., June 24, 1759; attended school in Charleston, S.C., and later in England; was graduated from the Middle Temple, London,…

Richard HOWLY, Congress, GA (1740-1784)

HOWLY, Richard, a Delegate from Georgia; born in Liberty County, Ga., in 1740; pursued an academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in St. John’s Parish,…

Benjamin HUGER, Congress, SC (1768-1823)

HUGER, Benjamin, a Representative from South Carolina; born at or near Charleston, S.C., in 1768; pursued an academic course; engaged in the cultivation of rice on the Waccamaw River; member…

William John WHITE, Congress, OH (1850-1923)

WHITE, William John, a Representative from Ohio; born at Rice Lake, Ontario, Canada, October 7, 1850; moved to the United States in 1857 with his parents, who settled in Cleveland, Ohio;…

Mena Suvari

actressBorn: 2/9/1979Birthplace: Newport, Rhode Island This blue-eyed beauty ignited Kevin Spacey's imagination in the 1999 Oscar-wining American Beauty. The daughter of an Estonian psychiatrist…