(Encyclopedia) Office of Strategic Services (OSS), U.S. agency created (1942) during World War II under the jurisdiction of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the purpose of obtaining information about…
modelBorn: 9/4/1976Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland Considered one of the new breed of supermodels, the 5'11" Hume signed with a Glasgow modeling agency at the age of 16. She since has become one of…
(Encyclopedia) Baker, Howard Henry, Jr., 1925–2014, U.S. politician and public official, b. Huntsville, Tenn., grad. Univ. of Tennessee Law College 1949. The son of Howard Henry Baker, 1902–64, a…
(Encyclopedia) O'Connor, Frank, 1903–66, Irish short-story writer, whose name originally was Michael O'Donovan. He was a librarian in Dublin and later a director of the Abbey Theatre (1936–39). O'…
(Encyclopedia) Berger, ThomasBerger, Thomasbûrˈgər [key], 1924–2014, American novelist, b. Cincinnati, grad. Univ. of Cincinnati (B.A., 1948). He is known for bitterly comic novels that often deal…
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Senate Years of Service: 1978-1997Party: RepublicanBAKER, Nancy Kassebaum, a Senator from Kansas (See KASSEBAUM, Nancy Landon) Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress,…
BARNES, Michael Darr, a Representative from Maryland; born in Washington, D.C., September 3, 1943; attended Landon School, Bethesda, Md.; graduated, Principia High School, St. Louis, Mo., 1962…
(Encyclopedia) Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849–1909, American novelist and short-story writer, b. South Berwick, Maine. Her studies of small-town New England life are perceptive, sympathetic, and gently…
