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Alan Greenspan, 1998 News

chairman of the Federal Reserve, has been frequently in the news during a year marked by a heavily weakened global economy. The Fed lowered interest rates twice in October in a move to…

Colin Powell, 2004 News

U.S. secretary of state, announced his resignation in November. President Bush nominated National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice as his successor. He spent his last months in office…

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We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and…

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2003 News

U.S. senator and former first lady, increased her already high profile with the immensely publicized June release of her not-so-revealing memoir, Living History. Clinton made the rounds on…

Fred Williamson

Fred Williamson, nicknamed "The Hammer," played professional football in 1961 for the Oakland Raiders, then was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs in 1965. A flamboyant self-promoter, Williamson led…

The History of Witchcraft (& Witches!)

Top of Page Witchcraft has been a topic of fascination and fear for centuries, and it goes far beyond the iconic image of an old woman flying on a broom or stroking black cats. The actual influence…

Saudi Arabia Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Saudi Arabia Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Saudi Arabian Relations PEOPLESaudi Arabia's 2007…

L. Ron Hubbard

Name at birth: Lafayette Ronald HubbardL. Ron Hubbard was a writer in the 1930s and '40s, cranking out westerns and science fiction stories and novels. In 1950 he published Dianetics: The Modern…

Zambia Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Zambia Index: People History Government Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Zambian Relations PEOPLEZambia's population…