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How the hamburger was named
The Question: Why do they call it "hamburger" when it's made of beef? The Answer: The common belief is that the American hamburger borrowed its name…George Allen, 2006 News
Republican senator from Virginia, was cruising toward reelection to a second term until he made a series of missteps in the late summer and early fall. In August, he referred to a Democratic…Inside Schwartz
NBCThursday 8:30–9:00 p.m.Cast:Breckin Meyer, Richard Kline, Maggie Lawson, Miriam Shor NBC has the habit of sandwiching its least promising shows between hits. The thinking is that viewers…Caroline Scott Harrison
Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison was the wife of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and served as the First Lady from 1889 to 1893. A preacher's daughter, Caroline Scott graduated from Ohio's Oxford…Cass Elliot
Name at birth: Ellen Naomi Cohen"Mama Cass" Elliot was a member of the hippie pop group The Mamas & the Papas, along with John Phillips, Michelle Phillips and Denny Doherty. Cass Elliot began…Play It to the Bone
Director/Writer:Ron SheltonTouchstone Pictures; R; 124 minutesRelease:1/00Cast:Antonio Banderas, Woody Harrelson, Lolita Davidovich The man who brought us Bull Durham and White Men Can't…Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was one of the most important political leaders in 20th century Chinese history, sandwiched chronologically between Sun Yat-sen and Mao Zedong. Early in the 20th century Chiang Kai-…Joel TURRILL, Congress, NY (1794-1859)
TURRILL Joel , a Representative from New York; born in Shoreham, Vt., February 22, 1794; attended the common school; was graduated from Middlebury College in 1816; studied law in Newburgh, N.Y…Luther SEVERANCE, Congress, ME (1797-1855)
SEVERANCE Luther , a Representative from Maine; born in Montague, Mass., October 26, 1797; moved with his parents to Cazenovia, N.Y., in 1799; attended the common schools; learned the printer's…Betty Friedan 2006 Deaths
Betty FriedanAge: 85 feminist icon and writer whose 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique, challenged postwar assumptions that women found fulfillment with domesticity. Indeed, she said women were…Trending
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