Senate Years of Service: 1991-1995Party: DemocratWOFFORD, Harris, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in New York City, April 9, 1926; graduated from University of Chicago, 1948; graduated from…
lawyer, civil rights leaderBorn: 3/9/1922Birthplace: Asheville, North Carolina Upon graduating from Morehouse College, McKissick became the first Black person to study at North Carolina Law School.…
Slime MoldsOrigin of Prokaryotes and EukaryotesIntroductionOrigin of ProkaryotesEukaryote EvolutionProtistsSlime Molds Slime molds are interesting because they have a dual identity, each with…
Quantum PotentialTheories of the UniverseThe Universe As a HologramAction at a DistanceQuantum PotentialThe Importance of WholenessOrdered RealityThe Holographic Universe Universal Constants…
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Portuguese explorers established contacts…
(Encyclopedia) bastard, person born out of wedlock whose legal status is illegitimacy. In civil law countries and in about half the states of the United States, the union of the parents in marriage…
(Encyclopedia) Howe, Elias, 1819–67, American inventor, b. Spencer, Mass. He was apprenticed in 1838 to an instrument maker and watchmaker in Boston at whose suggestion he turned his attention to…
(Encyclopedia) dowrydowrydouˈrē [key], the property that a woman brings to her husband at the time of the marriage. The dowry apparently originated in the giving of a marriage gift by the family of…
