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Female Literary Figures

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Brewer's: Calculate

is from the Latin calculi (pebbles), used by the Romans for counters. In the abacus, the round balls were called calculi, and it was by this instrument the Roman boys were taught to count…

1955 Academy Awards

The 1955 Academy Awards were presented March 21, 1956 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif and the NBC Century Theatre, New York, N.Y.Best Motion PictureLove Is a Many Splendored…

Henry Warner SLOCUM, Congress, NY (1827-1894)

SLOCUM Henry Warner , a Representative from New York; born in Delphi, Onondaga County, N.Y., September 24, 1827; was graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and…

Jared Warner WILLIAMS, Congress, NH (1796-1864)

Senate Years of Service: 1853-1854 Party: Democrat WILLIAMS Jared Warner , a Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in West Woodstock, Conn., December 22, 1796; graduated from Brown…

Adoniram Judson WARNER, Congress, OH (1834-1910)

WARNER Adoniram Judson , a Representative from Ohio; born in Wales, near Buffalo, N.Y., January 13, 1834; moved with his parents to Wisconsin at the age of eleven; attended school in Beloit, Wis…

Samuel Larkin WARNER, Congress, CT (1828-1893)

WARNER Samuel Larkin , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn., June 14, 1828; attended Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, Mass., and the law department of Yale…

Cheever, John

(Encyclopedia) Cheever, John, 1912–82, American author, b. Quincy, Mass. His expulsion from Thayer Academy was the subject of his first short story, published by the New Republic when he was 17. Many…