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Dame Peggy Ashcroft

(Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft)actressBorn: 12/22/1907Birthplace: Croydon, London, England Although her impressive range allowed her to appear in plays from Sheridan to Shaw to Beckett to Pinter,…

Arsonval, Arsène d'

(Encyclopedia) Arsonval, Arsène d'Arsonval, Arsène d'ärsĕnˈ därsôNvälˈ [key], 1851–1940, French physicist and physician. He worked under Claude Bernard and under C. E. Brown-Séquard (whom he…

Armagnacs and Burgundians

(Encyclopedia) Armagnacs and Burgundians, opposing factions that fought to control France in the early 15th cent. The rivalry for power between Louis d'Orléans, brother of the recurrently insane King…

Cistercians

(Encyclopedia) CisterciansCistercianssĭstrˈshənz [key], monks of a Roman Catholic religious order founded (1098) by St. Robert, abbot of Molesme, in Cîteaux [Cistercium], Côte-d'Or dept., France.…

Barcode Firsts

The Question: What product was the first to be purchased by scanning its barcode? The Answer: The first step toward today's bar codes and bar…

James P. MORAN, Congress, VA (1945)

MORAN, James P., a Representative from Virginia; born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., May 16, 1945; B.A., College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., 1967; attended the Bernard Baruch School…