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Ulysses S. Grant: Crédit Mobilier & the Whiskey Ring by Ann-Marie Imbornoni and Tasha Vincent Although President Grant had some notable successes during his time in office, including…

Idaho, University of

(Encyclopedia) Idaho, University of, mainly at Moscow; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1889. Among its facilities are the Water and Energy Resources Institute and…

Vanessa Redgrave

actressBorn: 1/30/1937Birthplace: London, England Academy and Emmy Award-winning film, stage and television actress known for her on-screen dignity and radical politics. Her films include Julia (…

Tenure of Office Act

(Encyclopedia) Tenure of Office Act, in U.S. history, measure passed on Mar. 2, 1867, by Congress over the veto of President Andrew Johnson; it forbade the President to remove any federal…

Donen, Stanley

(Encyclopedia) Donen, Stanley, 1924–2019, American film director, choreographer, and producer, b. Columbia, S.C. He is best known for directing some of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's finest musicals. In 1940…

Oklahoma State University

(Encyclopedia) Oklahoma State University, at Stillwater; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1890, opened 1891 as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1957. It…

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

(Encyclopedia) Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, at Tallahassee; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1887; predominantly African American. It has…

McPherson, James Birdseye

(Encyclopedia) McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828–64, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Sandusky co., Ohio. After teaching (1853–54) at West Point, he worked on various engineering projects.…

Dixie Carter Biography

actressBorn: 5/25/1939Died: 4/10/2010Best Known as: Julia Sugarbaker in the television series Designing Women Guided by an early vow at age 4 to be an opera singer,…

Julie Andrews

(Julia Elizabeth Wells)actressBorn: 10/1/1935Birthplace: Walton-on-Thames, England Academy Award-winning film and stage actress known for her freshfaced, innocent appeal first on stage in My Fair…