Spotlight on the Stanley Cup: Emotion Detroit A year ago after a party celebrating the Wings' first Cup win in 42 years, a limousine crash seriously injured the Wings' best defenseman Vladimir…
(Encyclopedia) Diamond, Peter Arthur, 1940–, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963. Diamond was a professor at the Univ. of California, Berkeley,…
(Encyclopedia) Ashley, William Henry, c.1778–1838, American fur trader and politician, b. Virginia. In 1820 he was elected lieutenant governor of Missouri. He sent fur-trading expeditions up the…
(Encyclopedia) Huckabee, Mike (Michael Dale Huckabee), 1955–, American politican and Baptist minister, b. Hope, Ark. He attended Ouachita Baptist Univ. (B.A., 1975) and Southwestern Baptist…
CARMICHAEL, Archibald Hill, a Representative from Alabama; born near Sylvan Grove in Dale County, Ala., June 17, 1864; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of the…
ELLIOTT, Richard Nash, a Representative from Indiana; born near Connersville, Fayette County, Ind., April 25, 1873; attended the common schools; taught school three years; studied law; was…
WARD, Aaron, (uncle of Elijah Ward), a Representative from New York; was born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), N.Y., on July 5, 1790; completed preparatory studies in Mount Pleasant Academy;…
(Encyclopedia) Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith Chesterton), 1874–1936, English author. Conservative, even reactionary, in his thinking, Chesterton was a convert (1922) to Roman Catholicism and its…
Top 10 Sports Moments of the Year 1 McGwire Blasts 62nd Homer It was the crowning moment of the sports year. When Mark McGwire knocked his 62nd homer of the season, poking the ball just over…
