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Woodbury, Levi

(Encyclopedia) Woodbury, Levi, 1789–1851, American cabinet officer and jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1845–51), b. Hillsboro, co., N.H. Important as a politician and jurist in…

Bonnard, Pierre

(Encyclopedia) Bonnard, PierreBonnard, Pierrepyĕr bônärdˈ [key], 1867–1947, French painter, lithographer, and illustrator. In the 1890s he was associated with the Nabis. His delight in familiar views…

Year in Review, 2008

News of the nation in 2008 from the financial crisis to the presidential election Ben Bernanke Related Links 2008 Year in…

Overview of Economics: A Firm Base

A Firm BaseOverview of EconomicsIntroductionWhat Is Economics and Who Cares?Will That Be Large or Small?A Firm BaseGetting Organized: Command, Market, and Mixed EconomiesThree Economists and Their…

John Ambrose MEYER, Congress, MD (1899-1969)

MEYER, John Ambrose, a Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., May 15, 1899; attended the grade schools and Loyola High School; during the First World War enlisted as a private…

James Ferguson DOWDELL, Congress, AL (1818-1871)

DOWDELL, James Ferguson, a Representative from Alabama; born near Monticello, Jasper County, Ga., November 26, 1818; completed preparatory studies and in 1840 was graduated from Randolph-Macon…

William McDANIEL, Congress, MO (1801-1866)

McDANIEL, William, a Representative from Missouri; born in Grayson County, Ky., in 1801; moved to Missouri in the late 1820s; member of the State senate in 1838 and 1840; served in the…

Bill Richardson

politician, diplomatBorn: 1947Birthplace: Pasadena, Calif. Richardson has spent nearly his entire career as a public servant. A Democrat from New Mexico, he was elected to the U.S. House of…