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The Supreme Court: A Court Divided

A Court DividedThe Supreme CourtWarren CourtA Court DividedDesegregating SchoolsMandating Criminal RightsFocusing on Personal RightsLeaving the Court Supreme Sayings “I think he came to…

The House of Representatives

In the following lists, the numeral indicates the congressional district represented; AL is for representatives at large. All terms run from Jan. 2007 to Jan. 2009. See also: Current and historical…

Germanic languages

(Encyclopedia) Germanic languages, subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages, spoken by about 470 million people in many parts of the world, but chiefly in Europe and the Western Hemisphere…

2008 Grammy Awards

The 51st Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 2009; the winners are listed below. Eligible recordings were released between…

Entertainment Bios — C

James CaanSid CaesarNicolas CageJames CagneyDean CainMichael CaineZoe CaldwellJames CameronJulia Margaret CameronBruce CampbellGlen CampbellLouise CampbellNaomi CampbellNeve CampbellJane…

December 2008 Current Events

Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World | Nation | Business/…

Sports Records

The oldest, the tallest, the fastest, and the longest by Mike Morrison and Chris Frantz Have you ever wondered who threw the fastest pitch in Major League Baseball history? Or who is the…

People Who Died in 2008

See also 2007 Deaths 2006 Deaths 2005 Deaths 2004 Deaths 2003 Deaths 2002 Deaths 2001 Deaths 2000 Deaths 1999 Deaths 1998 Deaths Related Links 2008 Disasters 2008 Events People in the…

Weld, Theodore Dwight

(Encyclopedia) Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803–95, American abolitionist, b. Hampton, Conn. In 1825 his family moved to upstate New York, and he entered Hamilton College. While in college he became a…