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(Encyclopedia) GangesGangesgănˈjēz [key] or GangaGangesgŭngˈgä [key], river, c.1,560 mi (2,510 km) long, rising in the Gangotri glacier in the Himalayas in Uttarakhand state, India, and flowing…Chico Science Biography
Chico Science Brazilian musician Credited with creating the “mangue beat,” an artistic movement named for the mangrove swamps in Recife, a poor Brazilian city, Science was considered the…Alan Moore
Alan Moore is a celebrated writer of comics and graphic novels whose work includes V for Vendetta (1982, with artist David Lloyd) and Watchmen (1986-87, with artist Dave Gibbons). Moore became a big…Harriet Beecher Stowe
Name at birth: Harriet Elizabeth BeecherHarriet Beecher Stowe was an American reformer and writer whose novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) is a classic of 19th century anti-slavery literature. From an…Gene Bossard 1998 Deaths
Gene BossardAge: 80 a Chicago White Sox groundskeeper for 40 years whose infields were dubbed "Bossard's Swamp" because the grass was so wet it slowed down ground balls; after retiring he…John HAHN, Congress, PA (1776-1823)
HAHN John , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pa., October 30, 1776; attended the common schools; studied medicine and practiced; elected as a…Dolley Madison
Dolley Madison was the wife of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States. Madison is known as the woman who turned the new nation's capital at Washington, D. C. from a dull swamp into…John RICHARDS, Congress, PA (1753-1822)
RICHARDS John , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in New Hanover, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 18, 1753; educated under private tutors; served as magistrate during the Revolutionary War…RICHARDS, John, Congress, PA (1753-1822)
RICHARDS, John, (brother of Matthias Richards), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in New Hanover, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 18, 1753; educated under private tutors; served as…Walt Whitman: Starting from Paumanok, Part 1
Part 1Starting from fish-shape Paumanok where I was born, Well-begotten, and rais'd by a perfect mother, After roaming many lands, lover of populous pavements, Dweller in Mannahatta my city,…Trending
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