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Hillary Rodham CLINTON, Congress, NY (1947)

Senate Years of Service: 2001-2009Party: DemocratCLINTON, Hillary Rodham, (wife of President William Jefferson Clinton), a Senator from New York; born on October 26, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois…

DAVIS, John William, Congress, GA (1916-1992)

DAVIS, John William, a Representative from Georgia; born in Rome, Floyd County, Ga., September 12, 1916; attended the public schools; University of Georgia at Athens, A.B., 1937 and from the law…

John Chester CULVER, Congress, IA (1932)

Senate Years of Service: 1975-1981Party: DemocratCULVER, John Chester, a Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., August 8, 1932; attended Cedar Rapids…

2006 Snowboarding Results

2006 World Cup Snowboard ChampionsMenParallel Slalom—Simon Schoch, SwitzerlandSnowboardcross—Jasey Jay Anderson, CanadaHalfpipe—Jan Michaelis, GermanyBig Air—Stefan Gimpl, AustriaWomenParallel…

Iris Faircloth BLITCH, Congress, GA (1912-1993)

BLITCH, Iris Faircloth, a Representative from Georgia; born in Toombs County, near Vidalia, Ga., April 25, 1912; attended the public schools of Vidalia, Douglas, Fitzgerald, and Homerville, Ga…

John Floyd KING, Congress, LA (1842-1915)

KING, John Floyd, (son of Thomas Butler King and nephew of Henry King), a Representative from Louisiana; born on St. Simons Island, off the coast of Georgia, April 20, 1842; attended the…

Marsh, Adam

(Encyclopedia) Marsh, Adam, or Adam de MariscoAdam de Mariscomârˈĭskō [key], d. 1259?, English Franciscan scholar. He was a student of Robert Grosseteste. When Grosseteste became bishop, Marsh took…

Eleanor of Provence

(Encyclopedia) Eleanor of ProvenceEleanor of ProvenceprôväNsˈ [key], d. 1291, queen consort of Henry III of England. The daughter of Raymond Berengar, count of Provence, she was married to Henry in…

Cúcuta

(Encyclopedia) Cúcuta Cúcuta k&oomacr;ˈk&oomacr;tä [key], city, capital of Norte de Santander dept., NE…

Cochabamba

(Encyclopedia) Cochabamba Cochabamba kōchäbämˈbä [key], city, alt. c.8,400 ft (2,560 m), capital of Cochabamba dept.,…