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Drew Carey

actorBorn: 5/23/1958Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Actor best known for his role on the eponymous sitcom, The Drew Carey Show (1995–present). Carey's endearing portrayal of a bored personnel employee…

Marshall, Thomas Riley

(Encyclopedia) Marshall, Thomas Riley, 1854–1925, U.S. Vice President (1913–21), b. North Manchester, Ind. A lawyer in Columbia City, Ind., he was Democratic governor of the state (1909–13) and…

Florence, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Florence. 1 City (2020 pop. 40,184), seat of Lauderdale co., NW Ala., on the Tennessee River near Muscle Shoals and adjacent to Wilson…

sociobiology

(Encyclopedia) sociobiology, controversial field that studies how natural selection, previously used only to explain the evolution of physical characteristics, shapes behavior in animals and humans.…

Meredith, Edwin Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Meredith, Edwin Thomas, 1876–1928, American publisher and U.S. secretary of agriculture (1920–21), b. Avoca, Iowa. After 1896 he owned and edited the Farmers' Tribune, founded (1902)…

Randy HULTGREN, Congress, IL (1966)

HULTGREN, Randy, a Representative from Illinois; born in Park Ridge, Cook County, Ill., March 1, 1966; graduated from Wheaton Academy, West Chicago, Ill., 1984; B.A., Bethel University, St. Paul,…

Mighty Mighty Bosstones

ska band One of the first bands to fuse Jamaican ska rhythms with distorted guitar riffs and punkish attitude. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones emerged from Boston's underground club scene in 1985 when…

Bill FOSTER, Congress, IL (1955)

FOSTER, Bill, a Representative from Illinois; born in Madison, Wis., October 7, 1955; B. A. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis., 1975; Ph. D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.,…