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Writing Well: Researching on the I-Way

Researching on the I-WayWriting WellSeek and Ye Shall FindBook LearningMags and RagsResearching on the I-WayYou're Not Done Yet I do so love my modem, because it lets me access information from…

Writing Well: Seek and Ye Shall Find

Seek and Ye Shall FindWriting WellSeek and Ye Shall FindBook LearningMags and RagsResearching on the I-WayYou're Not Done Yet You've got your subject, you've narrowed it to a topic, and you've…

Abram Nicholas Pritzker

entrepreneurBorn: 1/6/1896Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Died: 2/8/1986 The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Pritzker lived the American Dream. He graduated from Harvard Law School and worked for a…

Presidential Quotes

Words from each American president Compiled by David Johnson Note: Dates indicate term of office. Choose a president: George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James…

Pennebaker, D. A.

(Encyclopedia) Pennebaker, D. A. (Donn Alan Pennebaker), 1925–2019, pioneering documentary filmmaker, b. Evanston, Ill. His first film, Daybreak Express (1958), is a five-minute short detailing New…

Poitier, Sir Sidney

(Encyclopedia) Poitier, Sir Sidney, 1927–2022, Bahamian-American actor, b. Miami, raised in the Bahamas, returned to the United States at 14. Poitier…

botulism

(Encyclopedia) botulismbotulismbŏchˈəlĭzˌəm [key], acute poisoning resulting from ingestion of food containing toxins produced by the bacillus Clostridium botulinum. The bacterium can grow only in an…

Volcker, Paul Adolph

(Encyclopedia) Volcker, Paul Adolph, 1927–2019, American economist, government official, and banker, b. Cape May, N.J. After working as an under secretary in the Treasury Department (1969–74) and as…