(Encyclopedia) Georgian Bay, large northeastern extension of Lake Huron, S Ont., Canada, separated from Lake Huron by Manitoulin Island and by the Bruce Peninsula; Lucas Channel is its chief…
Senate Years of Service: 1849-1855; 1858-1859; 1879-1879 Party: Democrat; Democrat; Democrat SHIELDS, James, (nephew of James Shields [1762-1831]), a Senator from Illinois, Minnesota, and…
(Encyclopedia) shrub, any woody, perennial, bushy plant that branches into several stems or trunks at the base and is smaller than a tree. Shrubs are an important feature of permanent landscape…
(Encyclopedia) yew, name for evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Taxus, somewhat similar to hemlock but bearing red berrylike fruits instead of true cones. Of somber appearance, with dark green…
(Encyclopedia) WittenbergWittenbergvĭtˈənbĕrkhˌ [key], city (1994 pop. 53,374), Saxony-Anhalt, E Germany, on the Elbe River. A city with a noted history, it is today an industrial and mining center…
(Encyclopedia) Terbrugghen, HendrickTerbrugghen, Hendrickhĕnˈdrĭk tĕrbr&oobreve;gˈhən [key], 1588–1629, Dutch painter, a leading member of the Utrecht school. He was a pupil of the history…
MATTHEWS, Nelson Edwin, a Representative from Ohio; born in Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio, April 14, 1852; attended the public schools; engaged in banking, mercantile, and manufacturing pursuits…
SMITH, Samuel, a Representative from Pennsylvania; birth date unknown; associate judge of Erie County, Pa., 1803-1805, when he resigned; elected as a Republican to the Ninth Congress to fill the…
(Winona Laura Horowitz)actressBorn: 10/29/1971Birthplace: Winona, Minnesota Having grown up on a commune with hippie parents and godfather Timothy Leary, Ryder had ample opportunity to observe the…
(Encyclopedia) cardinal or redbird, common name for a North American songbird of the family Fringillidae (New World finch family). In the eastern cardinal, Richmondena cardinalis, the male is bright…
