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Huey Pierce LONG, Congress, LA (1893-1935)

Senate Years of Service: 1932-1935Party: DemocratLONG, Huey Pierce, (husband of Rose McConnell Long, father of Russell B. Long, brother of George S. Long, and cousin of Speedy P. Long), a…

William Fife KNOWLAND, Congress, CA (1908-1974)

Senate Years of Service: 1945-1959Party: RepublicanKNOWLAND, William Fife, (son of Joseph Russell Knowland), a Senator from California; born in Alameda, Alameda County, Calif., June 26, 1908;…

William Alden SMITH, Congress, MI (1859-1932)

Senate Years of Service: 1907-1919Party: RepublicanSMITH, William Alden, a Representative and a Senator from Michigan; born in Dowagiac, Cass County, Mich., May 12, 1859; attended the common…

Best Supporting Actress Nominees

Here are the nominees for actress in a supporting role. Last year, Jennifer Lawrence won a Best Actress Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook. This year she's nominated in the Best…

Sidney, Algernon

(Encyclopedia) Sidney or Sydney, Algernon, 1622–83, English politician; son of Robert Sidney, earl of Leicester. He served in the parliamentary forces during the English civil war and was a member (…

Bacon, Francis, English painter

(Encyclopedia) Bacon, Francis, 1910–92, English painter, b. Dublin. A self-taught artist, Bacon rejected abstraction in painting to explore a repertoire of strange, fractured, and often bizarre…

The Three R's of the Environment

Every year, Americans throw away 50 billion food and drink cans, 27 billion glass bottles and jars, and 65 million plastic and metal jar and can covers. More than 30% of our waste is packaging…

DK History: Slave Trade

HOW WAS THE SLAVE TRADE ORGANIZED? HOW WERE SLAVES TREATED IN THE NEW WORLD? BIOGRAPHY: TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE 1746–1803 PLANTATIONSFIND OUT MOREPeople have been bought and sold as slaves around the…

Project Runway: Season One

Notable challenges included designing a dress from items in a supermarket and imagining fashion from the year 2050 by Mark Hughes Heidi Klum Project Runway Quizzes Project…

The Wide World of Sports

Baseball, football, and basketball may be our favorite games, but in other countries, different sports are just as popular. Here are a few of them. Cricket…