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John Snow Biography

John SnowGeorge W. Bush's Secretary of the TreasuryBorn: 8/2/1939Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio John Snow became President Bush's second treasury secretary in Feb. 2003, replacing Paul H. O'Neill,…

Hank Snow Biography

Hank SnowAge: 85 prolific country music singer-songwriter known for his melancholy songs about roaming and lost love. He recorded more than 140 albums and was often called the Yodeling Ranger…

Olympia Snowe Biography

Olympia SnoweU.S. congresswoman, senatorBorn: 1947Birthplace: Augusta, Maine Snowe has been a U.S. senator from Maine since 1995. The daughter of Greek immigrants, Olympia Jean Bouchles…

Brewer's: Red Snow

and Gory Dew. The latter is a slimy damp-like blood which appears on walls. Both are due to the presence of the algae called by botanists Palmella cruenta and Haematococcus sanguineus,…

Eskimo Words for Snow

The Question: Just how many words do the Inuit have for snow? The Answer: Legend has it that the Inuit language has dozens, hundreds, or even thousands…

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Director: Bille AugustWriter: Ann BidermanDirector of Photography:Jorgen PerssonEditor:Janus Billeskov JansenMusic:Hans Zimmer and Harry Gregson WilliamsProduction Designer:Anna AspProducers:…

Brewer's: Snow King

Gustavus Adolphus, of Sweden. (1594, 1611-1632.) “At Vienna he was called in derision the Snow King, who was kept together by the cold, but would melt and disappear as he approached a…

First Snow on Fuji

Author:Yasunari KawabataPublisher:Counterpoint Yasunari Kawabata's short-story collection First Snow on Fuji debuted in 1958, a decade before Kawabata won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Now…

Snow Falling on Cedars

Director:Scott HicksWriters:Scott Hicks and Ron BassUniversal Pictures; PG-13; 130 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Ethan Hawke, Youki Kudoh, Sam Shepard, James Cromwell, Eric Thal, Rick Yune Snow…

Snow, John William

(Encyclopedia) Snow, John William, 1939–, U.S. government official and business executive, b. Toledo, Ohio. An economist and lawyer, he held Dept. of Transportation posts in the Nixon and Ford…