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Common Usage Dilemmas: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

The Good, the Bad, the UglyCommon Usage DilemmasIntroductionDangling Modifiers: CounterintelligenceMisplaced Modifiers: Lost and FoundMixed Metaphors: A Dollar Late and a Day ShortSplit Infinitives:…

Dash

Indicates a sudden break or abrupt change in continuity: “If—if you'll just let me ex-plain—” the student stammered. And the problem—if there really is one—can then be solved.Sets apart an…

John ROBERTSON, Congress, VA (1787-1873)

ROBERTSON, John, (brother of Thomas Bolling Robertson), a Representative from Virginia; born at “Bellefield,” near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va., April 13, 1787; completed preparatory…

The Dirty Truth About Smoking

There are many reasons not to smoke. Smoking stinks—literally! It makes breath, hair and clothes smell like smoke. It's expensive. It dulls your sense of taste and smell. It raises blood pressure…

Daniel Linn GOOCH, Congress, KY (1853-1913)

GOOCH, Daniel Linn, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Rumsey, McLean County, Ky., October 28, 1853; attended a private school; entered the drug business at the age of seventeen, and…

Adam KINZINGER, Congress, IL (1978)

KINZINGER, Adam, a Representative from Illinois; born in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, February 27, 1978; graduated from Normal West High School, Normal, Ill., 1996; B.A., Illinois…

Anderson, Carl David

(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Carl DavidAnderson, Carl Davidănˈdərsən [key], 1905–91, American physicist, b. New York City, grad. California Institute of Technology (B.S., 1927; Ph.D., 1930). Associated…

Joseph NEVILLE, Congress, VA (1730-1819)

NEVILLE, Joseph, a Representative from Virginia; born in 1730; burgess for Hampshire County 1773-1776; member of the conventions of December 1, 1775, and May 6, 1776; served in the Continental…

Martin Anthony RUSSO, Congress, IL (1944)

RUSSO, Martin Anthony, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., January 23, 1944; graduated from St. Ignatius, Chicago, Ill., 1961; B.A., De Paul University, Chicago, Ill., 1965…