C. Donald BatemanBorn: 1932 Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS). In response to tragic airline crashes during the 1960s, Bateman invented a device that automatically warned pilots if…
(Encyclopedia) Channel Islands or Santa Barbara IslandsChannel Islandssănˈtə bärˈbrə, –bərə [key], chain of eight rugged islands and many islets, extending c.150 mi (240 km) along the S Calif. coast…
Are you a true "Harry Potter" fan? It's time to test your knowledge about the magical world of wands. This quiz will take you on a spell-binding journey!
Director: Don SiegelCast: Clint Eastwood, Reni Santoni, Harry Guardino and Andy Mitchum Dirty Harry catapulted Eastwood to iconoclastic stardom as the flinty San Francisco cop and ushered in…
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Blacks in the 109th Congress
(42 in House: 42 Democrats; 1 Democrat in Senate)
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Senate
Alabama
Artur Davis (D…
Trio II
Asylum
For a long while, it seemed like this follow-up to the million-selling 1987 collaboration between Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton would never see the light of…
HARRIS, William Alexander, (father of William Alexander Harris [1841-1909]), a Representative from Virginia; born near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va., August 24, 1805; completed an academic…
Senate Years of Service: 1965-1971; 1971-1983
Party: Democrat; Independent BYRD Harry Flood, Jr. , a Senator from Virginia; born in Winchester, Va., December 20, 1914; educated at Virginia Military…
by Robert Burns I Gaed A Waefu' Gate YestreenThe Battle Of SherramuirHighland Harry Back Again My Harry was a gallant gay,
Fu' stately strade he on the plain;
But now he's…
