(Encyclopedia) smart card, small device that resembles a credit card but contains an embedded microprocessor to store and process information. Magnetic-stripe cards, which store a very small amount…
(Encyclopedia) smart weapon, missile or steerable bomb equipped with a laser, television, or satellite guidance system. Smart weapons, which use guidance systems that rely on external assistance, are…
(Encyclopedia) Smart, Christopher, 1722–71, English poet. A graduate of Cambridge, he lived in London writing poems, editing a humorous magazine, and producing plays. His one great poem, Song to…
The Queen Elizabeth The pinnacle of ocean liner luxury by John Gettings When the near 84,000-ton Queen Elizabeth was launched in 1938, it was the largest passenger ship ever built. But…
Interview: Keeth Smart 21-year-old fencer Keeth Smart on Olympic training, modeling for GQ, and what isn't shown on TV by John Gettings 21-year-old Olympic fencer Keeth Smart. (Source: Cindy…
SMART, James Stevenson, a Representative from New York; born in Baltimore, Md., June 14, 1842; moved with his parents to Coila, Washington County, N.Y., in 1849; attended Cambridge (N.Y.)…
SMART, Ephraim Knight, a Representative from Maine; born in Prospect (now Searsport), Maine, September 3, 1813; attended the common schools; completed preparatory studies under private tutors…
wife of John EdwardsBorn: 7/3/1949Birthplace: Jacksonville, Fla.Died: 12/7/2010 (Chapel Hill, N.C. ) Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of former senator and presidential…
writer and etiquette expertBorn: 5/7/1920Died: 3/19/2010Best Known as: granddaughter-in-law of etiquette expert Emily Post Born Elizabeth Lindley, Elizabeth Post married…
(Elizabeth Cole)actressBorn: 8/30/1939Birthplace: Ocala, Florida A leading Broadway actress of the 1960s, she won a Tony Award for her performance in Take Her, She's Mine (1962). Since 1971 she's…
