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Senate Years of Service: 1937-1941Party: DemocratMILLER, John Elvis, a Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; born in Aid, Stoddard County, Mo., May 15, 1888; attended the public schools…
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Senate Years of Service: 1796-1797; 1815-1821Party: Federalist; FederalistTICHENOR, Isaac, a Senator from Vermont; born in Newark, N.J., February 8, 1754; completed preparatory studies;…
(Encyclopedia) Moscow State University, at Moscow, Russia, officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ.; founded 1755 as Moscow Univ. by the Russian scientist M. V. Lomonosov, renamed Moscow State…
While historians have often noted the changes in the power of the presidency, other important aspects of the office have changed as well. These include how the President is selected, when the…
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(Encyclopedia) tap dance, theatrical dance form in which the dancer, wearing shoes with metal heel and toe taps, beats out complex, syncopated rhythms on the floor.
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(Encyclopedia) OrkhonOrkhonôrˈkŏn, ôr-khŏnˈ [key], river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in the Khangai Mts., N central Republic of Mongolia, and flowing east, then north, past the site of ancient…
