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Hancock, Herbie

(Encyclopedia) Hancock, Herbie (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock), 1940- , American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, b. Chicago, Il., Grinnell College…

Blunt, Anthony Frederick

(Encyclopedia) Blunt, Anthony Frederick, 1907–83, English art historian and Soviet spy, grad. Cambridge. Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art after 1947 and professor of the history of art at…

Iraq Crisis: Who's Who

Who's Who in the Iraq Crisis From al-Sahaf to Wolfowitz by Beth Rowen Who's Who John Abizaid Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Kofi Annan Tariq Aziz José María…

John McCain

Candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination by Beth Rowen John McCain Related Links Sarah Palin John McCain’s campaign website Facts…

Martin VAN BUREN, Congress, NY (1782-1862)

Senate Years of Service: 1821-1828Party: Democratic Republican; Crawford Republican; JacksonianVAN BUREN, Martin, (half brother of James Isaac Van Alen), a Senator from New York, a Vice…

Roscoe CONKLING, Congress, NY (1829-1888)

Senate Years of Service: 1867-1881Party: RepublicanCONKLING, Roscoe, (son of Alfred Conkling and brother of Frederick Augustus Conkling), a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in…

Morawiecki, Mateusz Jakub

(Encyclopedia) Morawiecki, Mateusz Jakub, 1968–, Polish economist, banker, and political leader, b. Wrocław, grad. Univ. of Wroclaw, 1992, Wrocław Univ. of Science and Technology, 1993, M.B.A.…

Adelson, Sheldon Gary

(Encyclopedia) Adelson, Sheldon Gary, 1933-2021, American casino owner and political donor, b. Boston, MA. Adelson was born to poor, Jewish, Eastern European immigrants. After attending…