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McMinnville

(Encyclopedia) McMinnville, city (1990 pop. 17,894), seat of Yamhill co., NW Oreg.; inc. 1876. It is a trade and processing center in the fertile Willamette valley. Foods, textiles, and building…

bone china

(Encyclopedia) bone china, variety of porcelain developed by English potters in the last half of the 18th and early 19th cent. The clay is tempered with phosphate of lime or bone ash. This innovation…

Glenn Hughes 2001 Deaths

Glenn HughesAge: 50 singer who performed, dressed in leather biker attire, in the 1970s disco band the Village People. The group's hits include “Macho Man” and “Y.M.C.A.”Died: Manhattan,…

Hugh Reilly 1998 Deaths

Hugh ReillyAge: 82 actor, best known for his portrayal of farmer Paul Martin in the long-running Lassie television series.Died: July 17, 1998.Eberhard F. M. ReesR - ZClaude Retherford…

Ted Hughes 1998 Deaths

Ted HughesEdward James HughesAge: 68 British poet laureate acclaimed for his powerful, nature-inspired poems. His tempestuous marriage to poet Sylvia Plath, who committed suicide in 1963,…

Barnard Hughes 2006 Deaths

Barnard HughesAge: 90 character actor who frequently portrayed father figures. He won a best-actor Tony for playing the title role in Da. His films include Midnight Cowboy and Oh God! Died:…

Sarah Hughes, 2002 News

16, became the darling of the 2002 Winter Olympics when she won the overall women's skating competition in February. She beat out favorite Michelle Kwan and Russia's Irina Slutskaya. She…

Hugh Gloster 2002 Deaths

Hugh GlosterAge: 90 educator who served as president of Morehouse College from 1967 to 1986. Died: Decatur, Ga., Feb. 16, 2002Harrison Smith GlancyG - LCliff Gorman

Karen Hughes, 2002 News

President Bush's director of communications, chief spokeswoman, and confidante, announced her resignation in April, saying her son and husband missed their home and friends in Texas. Hughes…

Brewer's: Hugh Lloyd's Pulpit

(Merionethshire). A natural production of stone. One pile resembles the Kilmarth Rocks. There is a platform stone with a back in stone. (Hugh pron. You.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…