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Ireland: Presidents

Presidents Timothy Sullivan, Frank Fahy, and Conor Alexander Maguire, presidential commission (1937–1938) Douglas Hyde (1938–1945) Sean T. O'Kelly (…

epistle

(Encyclopedia) epistleepistleĭpĭsˈəl [key], in the Bible, a letter of the New Testament. The Pauline Epistles (ascribed to St. Paul) are Romans, First and Second Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians,…

Boyle, T. C.

(Encyclopedia) Boyle, T. C. (Thomas John Coraghessan Boyle), 1948–, American writer, b. Peekskill, N.Y., grad. State Univ. of New York (B.A. 1968), Univ. of Iowa (M.F.A. 1974, Ph.D. 1977). He…

1995 World History

Seamus Heaney (1939– )Archive PhotosWilliam J. Clinton(1946– )The White HouseYitzhak Rabin (1922–1995)Archive Photos1995Republicans take control of Congress (Jan. 4). More than 5,000 dead in…

Order of Presidential Succession

According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1792, the Senate president pro tempore1 was next in line after the vice president to succeed to the…

The Supreme Court: Must a Jury Decide the Death Penalty?

Must a Jury Decide the Death Penalty?The Supreme CourtPunishing the CriminalsIs the Death Penalty Cruel and Unusual Punishment?Must a Jury Decide the Death Penalty?Are Penalties Required in “…

Year in Review, 2008

News of the nation in 2008 from the financial crisis to the presidential election Barack Obama Related Links 2008 Year in…

Hamsters

Hamsters How to Care for Hamsters Hamsters were living in relative obscurity until just 70 years ago, when a zoologist discovered a family of these rodents in the Syrian desert. Today,…

Dr. No Turns Fifty

May 8, 2013, marks the 50th anniversary of the U.S. release of James Bond's first film. By Jennie Wood Sean Connery as James Bond in Dr.…

1997 World History

Hale-Bopp CometNASAMother Teresa (1910–1997)Archive PhotosPrincess Diana (1961–1997)Archive Photos1997Two Hutu sentenced to death in Rwandan genocide (Jan. 3). Floods cause wide damage in U.S. West…