COX, Samuel Sullivan, a Representative from Ohio and from New York; born in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, September 30, 1824; attended the Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; graduated from…
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From Russia to Canada, Kenya to Nepal, the world is dotted with bodies of water. Whether you dip your toes into a large lake with fresh water or float in the saltwater salinity of…
Weights in the parenthesis are as follows: (snatch-clean & jerk—total weight), all converted to pounds. In the event of a tie, medals are awarded based on body weight from lightest to heaviest…
(Encyclopedia) Beecham, Sir ThomasBeecham, Sir Thomasbēˈchəm [key], 1879–1961, English conductor. Beecham was educated at Oxford but did not attend any formal music school. Early in his career as a…
(Encyclopedia) dime novels, swift-moving, thrilling novels, mainly about the American Revolution, the frontier period, and the Civil War. The books were first sold in 1860 for 10 cents by the firm of…
