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The Watergate Affair

  Watergate       The Major Players Alexander Haig, Nixon's civilian chief of staff (1973—74) Charles Ruff, Watergate special…

Mauriac, François

(Encyclopedia) Mauriac, FrançoisMauriac, FrançoisfräNswäˈ mōryäkˈ [key], 1885–1970, French writer. Mauriac achieved success in 1922 and 1923 with Le Baiser au lépreux and Genitrix (tr. of both in The…

Vince Guaraldi

jazz pianist and composerBorn: July 17, 1928Birthplace: San Francisco, California Jazz pianist Vincent Anthony Guaraldi is best known for creating the "Charlie Brown sound" for such Peanuts…

Hardly water(gate) under the bridge

The Question: I have researched literally hundreds of articles and cannot find the names of the seven senators on the Senate Watergate Committee. Can you…

Selected Biographies: C

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+ biographies Biographies by Category…

Asian Americans in Television and Movies

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

Chuck Mangione

jazz musicianBorn: 11/29/1940Birthplace: Rochester, New York Trumpeter Chuck Mangione is best known for his 1977 easy listening pop instrumental “Feels So Good” (1977), which reached number two on…

GINN, Ronald Bryan (Bo), Congress, GA (1934-2005)

GINN, Ronald Bryan (Bo), a Representative from Georgia; born in Morgan, Calhoun County, Ga., May 31, 1934; educated in the public schools of Morgan; Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton…

Ophites

(Encyclopedia) OphitesOphitesōˈfīts [key] [Gr.,=believers in the serpent], group of Gnostic sects notorious for extreme cultism and inverted morality. Certain of these sects were known as Naasseni.…