EASTERN CONFERENCEFirst Round(Best of 7)Detroit Pistons defeated Milwaukee Bucks, 4 games to 1Cleveland Cavaliers defeated Washington Wizards, 4 games to 2New Jersey Nets defeated Indiana Pacers, 4…
GORDON, William, a Representative from Ohio; born on a farm near Oak Harbor, Ottawa County, Ohio, December 15, 1862; attended the public schools and Toledo (Ohio) Business College; taught school…
HAMLIN, Edward Stowe, a Representative from Ohio; born in Hillsdale, Columbia County, N.Y., July 6, 1808; attended the district school of Hillsdale, N.Y., and a private school in Stockbridge,…
(Encyclopedia) Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher), 1908–92, American culinary writer, b. Albion, Mich. Raised in California, Fisher lived in France for three years, where she was inspired…
(Encyclopedia) Francis de Sales, Saint, 1567–1622, French Roman Catholic preacher, Doctor of the Church, and key figure in the Counter Reformation in France. He was a member of an aristocratic family…
The annual U.S. News & World Report list of the United States' best hospitals is prepared by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of…
(Encyclopedia) Shelby, city (1990 pop. 14,669), seat of Cleveland co., W N.C., in a fertile piedmont farming (cotton, grain, soybeans, livestock) area; inc. 1843. There is dairy processing, and…
(Encyclopedia) Barrows, Samuel June, 1845–1909, American clergyman and reformer, b. New York City. He was a pastor in Dorchester, Mass., and later edited (1880–96) the Christian Register, a Unitarian…
(Encyclopedia) Shen ChouShen Choushĕn jō [key], 1427–1509, Chinese painter of the Ming dynasty. He and Wen Cheng-Ming (1470–1559) were the two most important painters of the Wu school, a group of…
