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Candidate Names in the 1998 Elections

Skip vs. Fancy Ray Noms de Guerre in the '98 Election by Borgna Brunner This article was posted on November 2, 1998. Teddy, Harry, Ike, Jimmy, and Bill knew the value of a folksy…

George Stanley McGOVERN, Congress, SD (1922)

Senate Years of Service: 1963-1981Party: DemocratMcGOVERN, George Stanley, a Representative and a Senator from South Dakota; born in Avon, Bon Homme County, S.Dak., July 19, 1922; attended the…

Rainey, Gertrude "Ma"

(Encyclopedia) Rainey, Gertrude "Ma," 1886–1939, African-American blues singer and songwriter, b. Columbus, Ga., as Gertrude Melissa Nix Pridgett.…

slang

(Encyclopedia) slang, vernacular vocabulary not generally acceptable in formal usage. It is notable for its liveliness, humor, emphasis, brevity, novelty, and exaggeration. Most slang is faddish and…

1976 Grammy Awards

Record of the Year“This Masquerade,” George BensonAlbum of the YearSongs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder (Tamla/Motown)Song of the Year“I Write the Songs,” Bruce Johnston, songwriterBest New…

Major League Baseball 1998 | All-Star Game

69th Baseball All-Star Game By John Gettings This Tuesday night the stars of Major League Baseball will gather in Denver's Coors Field for the sport's traditional match-up of the American…

Presidents' Day

Air Force One (1997) Director: Wolfgang Petersen. Cast: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Wendy Crewson, Glenn Close Air Force One Harrison Ford's President James Marshall is the chief executive that…

2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to fiction to music Related Links Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine,…

Asian Americans in Government

Elaine ChaoBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports PersonalitiesScientistsEntertainers:…

Harry Potter Movie Stars

Bringing the Potter books to the big screen by Shmuel Ross Daniel Radcliffe Related Links Order of the Phoenix Movie Review Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Quiz: Order of the…