(Encyclopedia) Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Juliette Gordon Low. It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts (see Scouts) and Girl Guides…
(Encyclopedia) Castle, Wendell, 1932–2018, American furniture designer, b. Emporia, Kans., grad. Univ. of Kansas (B.F.A. 1958, M.F.A. 1961). Trained as an industrial designer and sculptor, he became…
First Place: $100,000 scholarship, Herbert Mason Hedberg, 17, North Attleboro High School, North Attleboro, Mass., for developing a faster, more efficient method to diagnose cancer by screening…
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Senate Years of Service: 1909-1936Party: DemocratFLETCHER, Duncan Upshaw, a Senator from Florida; born near Americus, Sumter County, Ga., January 6, 1859; moved with his parents to Monroe…
McCORMACK, John William, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 21, 1891; attended the public schools; studied law in a private law office; was…
Canadian folk-rock group Steven Page and Ed Robertson established the band in 1998. They claim the band's name is meant to suggest youthful naivete and is not at all sexist. Tyler Steward and Jim…
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Senate Years of Service: 1879-1894Party: DemocratVANCE, Zebulon Baird, (nephew of Robert Brank Vance [1793-1827] and brother of Robert Brank Vance [1828-1899]), a Representative and a Senator…