The Question: What's a Black Maria? The Answer: A "black maria" is a slang term for a police wagon. How did it get this name? We don't know. But here are two…
(Encyclopedia) Decazes, ÉlieDecazes, Élieālēˈ dəkäzˈ [key], 1780–1860, French statesman, a favorite of King Louis XVIII, who made him a duke in 1820. A lawyer and judge, Decazes was made minister of…
(Encyclopedia) Anzengruber, LudwigAnzengruber, Ludwigl&oobreve;tˈvĭkh änˈtsəngr&oomacr;ˌbər [key], 1839–89, Austrian writer. An actor and a clerk in the imperial police, Anzengruber had…
(Encyclopedia) Guelleh, Ismaïl OmarGuelleh, Ismaïl Omarhĭsˈmäĭl ōˈmär gĕlˈlä [key], 1947–, Djiboutian political leader, b. Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. He moved to Djibouti (then a French territory) in the…
(Encyclopedia) Toledo, Francisco, 1940–2019, Mexican artist and activist, b. Francisco Benjamín López Toledo. He drew upon his Zapotec heritage for his paintings, drawings, prints, collages, ceramics…
(Encyclopedia) mystery or mystery story, literary genre in which the cause (or causes) of a mysterious happening, often a crime, is gradually revealed by the hero or heroine; this is accomplished…
Name at birth: Angeline BrownAngie Dickinson specialized in playing smart, sexy, tough-minded women, and is most famous as Sgt. 'Pepper' Anderson in the TV series Police Woman (1974-78). Angie…
LANDRY, Jeffrey M., a Representative from Louisiana; born in Saint Martinville, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana, on December 23, 1970; B.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, La…
football playerBorn: February 14, 1973Died: July 4, 2009 (Tennessee, USA) Best Known as: football player Steve McNair played quarterback for the Tennessee Titans for 11 years. He was drafted by the…
