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Aidoo - Corelli | Dickinson - Luce | Mansfield - Rukeyser | Sackville - Yourcenar Anaïs Nin Biographies of Notable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists…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…Elias Warner LEAVENWORTH, Congress, NY (1803-1887)
LEAVENWORTH Elias Warner , A Representative from New York; born in Canaan, N.Y., December 20, 1803; moved with his parents to Great Barrington, Mass., in 1806; attended the Hudson Academy and was…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…Warner Lewis UNDERWOOD, Congress, KY (1808-1872)
UNDERWOOD Warner Lewis , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Goochland County, Va., on August 7, 1808; completed preparatory studies; moved to Kentucky in 1825; was graduated from the…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…