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Floyd M. Boring Biography

Secret Service agentDied: February 1, 2008 (Silver Spring, Maryland) Best Known as: Secret Service agent who guarded five U.S. presidents Floyd Boring was a…

Gilbert Harrison Biography

publisherDied: January 3, 2008 (Scottsdale, Arizona) Best Known as: owner and editor of The New Republic Former publisher of the liberal political and…

Williams Tower (Transco Tower)

Houston, Tex.Designed in 1979 by Phillip Johnson photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected the Williams Tower (Transco Tower…

Crystal Cathedral

Garden Grove, Calif.Designed in 1980 by Phillip Johnson photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected Crystal Cathedral in…

Jo (Joseph) ABBOTT, Congress, TX (1840-1908)

ABBOTT, Jo (Joseph), a Representative from Texas; born near Decatur, Morgan County, Ala., January 15, 1840; Twelfth Texas Cavalry, Confederate States of America, 1859-1865; lawyer, private…

DAVIS, David, Congress, TN (1959)

DAVIS, David, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Johnson City, Washington County, Tenn., November 6, 1959; A.S., California College for Health Sciences, National City, Calif., 1983; B.S.,…

Yasmine Bleeth

model, actressBorn: 6/14/1968Birthplace: New York City Baywatch babe Yasmine Bleeth began her career as a model at only six months old when she was cast in a commercial for Johnson's Baby Shampoo.…

Sydney Pollack

producer, director, actorBorn: 7/1/1934Birthplace: Lafayette, Indiana A director of TV series including Ben Casey (1961) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), Pollack has risen to distinction as a…

David A. LEVY, Congress, NY (1953)

LEVY, David A., a Representative from New York; born in Johnson County, Ind., December 18, 1953; B.A., Hofstra University, 1973, J.D., 1979; admitted to the bar in 1980 and commenced the…

Logan, John Alexander

(Encyclopedia) Logan, John Alexander, 1826–86, American politician, Union general in the Civil War, b. Murphysboro, Ill. He fought in the Mexican War and practiced law in Illinois. A Democrat who…