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Thanksgiving Day

(Encyclopedia) Thanksgiving Day, national holiday in the United States commemorating the Pilgrims' celebration of the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony in 1621, after a winter of great starvation…

Adler, Stella

(Encyclopedia) Adler, StellaAdler, Stellaădˈlər [key], 1901–92, American actress, director, and acting teacher, b. New York City. The daughter of Jacob and Sarah Adler, stars in New York's Yiddish…

Lisa MURKOWSKI, Congress, AK (1957)

Senate Years of Service: 2002-Party: RepublicanMURKOWSKI, Lisa, (daughter of Frank Hughes Murkowski), a Senator from Alaska; born in Ketchikan, Alaska, on May 22, 1957; attended public schools…

John THUNE, Congress, SD (1961)

Senate Years of Service: 2005-Party: RepublicanTHUNE, John, a Senator and a Representative from South Dakota; born in Pierre, Hughes County, S. Dak., January 7, 1961; graduated from Jones…

Archibald Chapman HART, Congress, NJ (1873-1935)

HART, Archibald Chapman, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Lennoxville, Province of Quebec, Canada, February 27, 1873; moved with his parents to New York City in 1882 and to Hackensack…

Charles Henry BURKE, Congress, SD (1861-1944)

BURKE, Charles Henry, a Representative from South Dakota; born on a farm near Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., April 1, 1861; attended the public schools of Batavia, N.Y.; moved to the Territory…

Hilary Abner HERBERT, Congress, AL (1834-1919)

HERBERT, Hilary Abner, a Representative from Alabama; born in Laurens, Laurens County, S.C., March 12, 1834; moved with his parents to Greenville, Butler County, Ala., in 1846; attended the…

Algebra: Cooking Up Linear Equations

Cooking Up Linear Equations Algebra Cooking Up Linear Equations Point-Slope Form Slope-Intercept Form Graphing with Slope-Intercept Form Standard Form of a Line Tricky Linear Equations Now…