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Phil Knight

Born: Feb. 24, 1938Founder and chairman of Nike, Inc., the multi-billion dollar shoe and fitness company founded in 1972 and based in Beaverton, Ore. ; named “The Most Powerful Man in Sports” by…

Common Usage Dilemmas: Introduction

IntroductionCommon Usage DilemmasIntroductionDangling Modifiers: CounterintelligenceMisplaced Modifiers: Lost and FoundMixed Metaphors: A Dollar Late and a Day ShortSplit Infinitives: To Boldly Go…

free silver

(Encyclopedia) free silver, in U.S. history, term designating the political movement for the unlimited coinage of silver. In 1896 free silver became the major issue of a presidential campaign when…

Sacajawea Biography

guide and interpreter Born: 1784? Sacajawea was a Shoshone Indian who acted as a geographic guide, diplomat, and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition from 1804 to 1806, leading them from…

Susan B. Anthony

activistBorn: 2/15/1820 Born in Adams, Massachusetts, Susan Anthony was a nearly 70-year veteran in the fight for women's rights. She began organizing for equal pay as a teenage schoolteacher and…

Steve Jobs

computer industry pioneerBorn: 1955Birthplace: San Francisco, Calif. Businessman and entrepreneur, who designed, built and introduced the Apple computer, a user-friendly alternative to IBM's…

Steve Wozniak

computer industry pioneerBorn: 8/11/1950Birthplace: San Jose, California Electronics engineer who, with Steve Jobs, designed, built and introduced the Apple computer, a user-friendly alternative…

Liz Claiborne

(Elisabeth Claiborne Ortenberg)fashion designer, business executiveBorn: 1929Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium Raised in New Orleans, she studied art in Europe rather than finish high school. She…

Gloria Stuart

actressBorn: 7/14/1910Birthplace: Santa Monica, California 1930s screen actress who left Hollywood in the 1940s to pursue a career as a stage actress and painter, and returned to TV and film work…