(Encyclopedia) Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, American architectural firm founded in 1936 in New York City by Louis Skidmore (1897–1962), Nathaniel A. Owings (1903–84), and John O. Merrill (1896–1975…
(Encyclopedia) Delaware and Hudson CanalDelaware and Hudson Canaldĕlˈəwâr, –wər [key], former waterway, 108 mi (174 km) long, between Honesdale, Pa., and Eddyville, N.Y. (now in Kingston), linking…
(Encyclopedia) installment buying and selling, buying and selling of goods on credit, with the stipulation that payments shall be made at specified intervals in set amounts. The goods may be used by…
(Encyclopedia) Greater and Lesser Tunb, disputed islands, E Persian Gulf. Greater Tunb is approximately 6 sq mi (10 sq km) in area; Lesser Tunb, some 7 mi (11 km) to the west, about 1 sq mi (2 sq km…
HUNGERFORD, John Newton, a Representative from New York; born in Vernon, Oneida County, N.Y., December 31, 1825; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Hamilton College at Clinton,…
CONNOLLY, Gerald E. (Gerry), a Representative from Virginia; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 30, 1950; B. A., Maryknoll College, Glen Ellyn, Ill., 1971; M. P. A., Harvard…
The Question: Are there any NASCAR tracks that Dale Earnhardt did NOT win on in his career? The Answer: The only tracks that Dale Earnhardt did not win a…
(Encyclopedia) Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, in U.S. history, resolutions passed in opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts, which were enacted by the Federalists in 1798. The Jeffersonian…
