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Lance Armstrong winning the 1999 Tour de France See also Lance Armstrong Notable Summer Olympians, A-Z Notable Winter Olympics Biographies, A-Z People in the News Recent Obituaries…

Bad Advice for New Graduates

by P. J. O’Rourke Related Links Commencement Speeches Percent Enrolled in School     Mr. O'Rourke is a best-selling author…

Emily Bissell

Christmas Seal designerBorn: 1861Birthplace: Wilmington, Del. Born into a prosperous family, Bissell became a social worker in 1876. She was instrumental in establishing the first settlement house…

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

(Encyclopedia) Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), former U.S. government agency, created in 1932 by the administration of Herbert Hoover. Its purpose was to facilitate economic activity by…

Emancipation, Edict of

(Encyclopedia) Emancipation, Edict of, 1861, the mechanism by which Czar Alexander II freed all Russian serfs (one third of the total population). All personal serfdom was abolished, and the peasants…

Horse Racing Trivia

A horse named Aristides won the very first Kentucky Derby way back in 1875. The race has been run every year since.The last horse to win the Triple Crown of Horse Racing (Kentucky Derby, Preakness…

Post-Watergate Campaign-Finance Reforms

Congress passes legislation to restore public confidence in government by Beth Rowen Related Links Watergate Overview Presidential Scandals: Nixon and WatergateSuper PACsIndependent…

Women in American Religion

Even though it is only recently that women have been permitted to hold official roles in many religions, they have always been central to American religious life.…

Nore, the

(Encyclopedia) Nore, the, sandbank in the Thames estuary, SE England, 3 mi (4.8 km) E of Sheerness. At the east end is Nore Lightship. The name is also applied to part of the Thames estuary, a famous…