This study attempts to capture one critical index of our nation’s social health—the literacy of its major cities (population of 250,000 and above). The study focuses on six…
This study attempts to capture one critical index of our nation’s social health—the literacy of its major cities (population of 250,000 and above). The study focuses on six…
—Francis Scott Key, 1814O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,O'er…
(Encyclopedia) Beeson, Jack, 1921–2010, American composer, b. Muncie, Ind. Beeson studied at the Eastman School of Music and privately in New York with Béla Bartók. Teaching at Columbia from 1945, he…
(Encyclopedia) Bellamy, EdwardBellamy, Edwardbĕlˈəmē [key], 1850–98, American author, b. Chicopee Falls (now part of Chicopee), Mass. After being admitted to the bar he tried his hand at journalism…
Saint Columban It is no wonder that this saint's emblem is the bear, as he seems to have had a knack for causing trouble by Ann-Marie Imbornoni St. Columban (540?–615) Also known as…
Senate Years of Service: 1935-1941Party: DemocratHOLT, Rush Dew, (father of Rush Holt), a Senator from West Virginia; born in Weston, Lewis County, W.Va., June 19, 1905; attended the public…
WASHBURN, Cadwallader Colden, (brother of Israel Washburn, Jr., Elihu Benjamin Washburne, and William Drew Washburn), a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Livermore, Androscoggin County,…
Senate Years of Service: 1959-1968 Party: Democrat BARTLETT, Edward Lewis (Bob), a Delegate from the Territory of Alaska and a Senator from Alaska; born in Seattle, King County, Wash., April…
actorBorn: 9/8/1925Birthplace: Southsea, England Inimitable, eccentric film actor who starred in the British comic radio series The Goon Show before making his mark as the bemused Inspector…
