(Encyclopedia) codling mothcodling mothkŏdˈlĭng [key], small moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, whose larva is the destructive apple worm. Of European origin, it is now found wherever apples are grown. The…
(Encyclopedia) Miliband, Ed (Edward Samuel Miliband), 1969–, British political leader, b. London, grad. Oxford, London School of Economics. A member of the Labour party and a close associate of…
(Encyclopedia) squash bug, name for a true bug, Anasa tristis, found throughout the United States and S Canada. It damages squash, pumpkin, and related plants by sucking the juices from leaves and…
Senate Years of Service: 1835-1845Party: DemocratWALKER, Robert John, a Senator from Mississippi; born in Northumberland, Pa., July 19, 1801; graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at…
Senate Years of Service: 1946-1953Party: RepublicanCAIN, Harry Pulliam, a Senator from Washington; born in Nashville, Davidson County Tenn., January 10, 1906; moved with his parents to Tacoma…
LEFFLER, Isaac, (brother of Shepherd Leffler), a Representative from Virginia; born on his grandfatherâs plantation, âSylviaâs Plain,â Washington County, Pa., near Wheeling, Va. (now…
DAVIS, John Wesley, a Representative from Indiana; born in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pa., April 16, 1799; moved to Cumberland County, Pa., with his parents, who settled near Shippensburg…
Senate Years of Service: 1848-1857Party: DemocratDODGE, Henry, (half-brother of Lewis Fields Linn, father of Augustus Caesar Dodge), a Delegate and a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Vincennes…
Having a Ball at the Inauguration Behind the scenes of the presidential party by David Johnson Governmental plans and political agendas are not the only things that change with…
