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Randolph Mantooth

Randolph Mantooth played John Gage, a handsome paramedic with a goofy streak, on the TV series Emergency! from 1972 through 1977. Emergency followed Gage and his partner Roy Desoto (Kevin Tighe)…

Pulitzer Prizes: General News Reporting

1985Thomas Turcol (Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star)1986Edna Buchanan (Miami Herald)1987Akron Beacon Journal staff1988Alabama Journal (Montgomery) staff; Lawrence (Mass.) Eagle-Tribune…

Elbridge Gerry

Elbridge Gerry was a signer of the both the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence and a major political figure of colonial Massachusetts. He died in office as vice president…

Jacob YOST, Congress, VA (1853-1933)

YOST Jacob , a Representative from Virginia; born in Staunton, Augusta County, Va., April 1, 1853; attended the public schools and Mossy Creek Academy; learned the printing trade and was…

Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe was the New York journalist who wrote The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968) and The Right Stuff (1979), then turned to writing novels, including The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987). A…

Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long Biography

Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long “The Mother of Texas”Born: 7/23/1798Birthplace: Charles County, Md. Around 1811 Jane Wilkinson's family moved to the Mississippi Territory from Maryland. She…

October Sky

Director:Joe JohnstonWriter:Lewis ColickUniversal Pictures; 100 minutes; PG Release:5/99Cast:Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern In an era of money-grubbing multinational corporations…

State Natives

The Question: I find the site great, but I couldn't find what I was looking for, and maybe you guys could help with that. I'm trying to collect the adjectives for the people…