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Caro, Sir Anthony Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Caro, Sir Anthony Alfred, 1924–2014, British sculptor, one of the most important and influential modernist sculptors of the late 20th cent. Educated as an engineer (grad. Cambridge,…

Pleasant Meadows

Pleasant MeadowsLike sunshine after a storm were the peaceful weeks which followed. The invalids improved rapidly, and Mr. March began to talk of returning early in the new year. Beth was…

America's Most Endangered Places 2005

Finca Vigía, National Landscape Conservation System, King Island and “The Journey Through Hallowed Ground” Corridor Endangered In a report released in June 2005, the National Trust for Historic…

A Merry Christmas

A Merry ChristmasJo was the first to wake in the gray dawn of Christmas morning. No stockings hung at the fireplace, and for a moment she felt as much disappointed as she did long ago, when…

Sylvester Pat Weaver 2002 Deaths

Sylvester “Pat” WeaverAge: 93 innovative television executive who moved the medium away from relying on advertisers to produce their own shows. Instead, he convinced NBC to develop its own…

Notable Women Adventurers

Louise Arner Boyd Quiz: Women Adventurers Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators…

John Weitz 2002 Deaths

John WeitzAge: 79 German-born fashion designer who also had a successful career as a writer and historian. Weitz was one of the first designers to license his name for products such as socks…

Charles Phillips DORR, Congress, WV (1852-1914)

DORR Charles Phillips , a Representative from West Virginia; born in Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, August 12, 1852; moved with his parents to Woodsfield, Ohio, in 1866; attended the common…

John A. BOCCIERI, Congress, OH (1969)

BOCCIERI John A. , a Representative from Ohio; born in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, October 5, 1969; graduated from Ursuline High School, Youngstown, Ohio, 1988; B.S., St. Bonaventure…