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Robert Charles WINTHROP, Congress, MA (1809-1894)

Senate Years of Service: 1850-1851 Party: Whig WINTHROP Robert Charles , a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., May 12, 1809; graduated from Harvard University in…

Most Common Names of Twin Girls

Find the most popular names of twin girls in the United States during 2009. Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. Isabella, Sophia Faith, Hope…

Yeats, W. B.

(Encyclopedia) Yeats, W. B. (William Butler Yeats), 1865–1939, Irish poet and playwright, b. Dublin. The greatest lyric poet Ireland has produced and one of the major figures of 20th-century…

Scariest Movies: Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next by Beth Rowen Silence of the Lambs (1991) On-screen chemistry hasn't been this electrifying since Bogart and Bacall, and Jodie Foster and Anthony…

Robert Young HAYNE, Congress, SC (1791-1839)

Senate Years of Service: 1823-1825; 1825-1831; 1831-1832 Party: Jackson Republican; Jacksonian; Nullifier HAYNE Robert Young , a Senator from South Carolina; born on Pon Pon plantation, St. Paul's…

Rosanna Arquette

Rosanna Arquette is still best known for her early film roles in 1985's Desperately Seeking Susan (co-starring Madonna) and After Hours (directed by Martin Scorsese), even though she has appeared on…

Irene Bedard

One of the few Native American actresses working in TV and films, Irene Bedard is best known to audiences as the voice of the title character in Disney's animated feature Pocahontas (1995, with Mel…

Kevin Jonas

Name at birth: Paul Kevin Jonas IIKevin Jonas is the most ancient member of the Jonas Brothers, the pop-rock band made famous on the Disney Channel. Kevin and his brothers Joe (b. 1989) and Nick (b…

Philip K. Dick

Philip Kindred Dick was a prolific science fiction author who ditched bug-eyed monsters and spacemen to explore the nature of reality and paranoia on a cosmic scale. In spite of winning a Hugo Award…

Alexandra Paul

Tall and athletic, Alexandra Paul played Lt. Stephanie Holden on the TV show Baywatch from 1992-97. Paul's character was generally known as the "smart one" among characters played by Pamela Anderson…