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From cheering on the underdog boxer Rocky Balboa to being terrorized by Dr. Hannibal Lecter, heroes and villains have…
Tim AllenArchive Photos1The major networks, except NBC, add the labels D (suggestive dialogue), L (coarse language), S (sex) and V (violence) to the existing television ratings. Though NBC…
A drink made of beer and buttermilk. (Irish, bainne, milk; claba, thick or thickened.) With beer and buttermilk, mingled together, ... To drink such ... bonny-clapper. Ben Jonson: The New…
Frederic CassidyAge: 92 lexicographer and scholar who served as editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English. Died: Madison, Wis., June 14, 2000Bonnie CashinA - GWalter Chappell…
Hector (Toe) BlakeBorn: Aug. 21, 1912Hockey LW led Montreal to 2 Stanley Cups as a player and 8 more as coach; regular season MVP in 1939.Died: May 17, 1995Bonnie BlairA - CFelix (Doc)…
(Encyclopedia) McClellan, George Brinton, 1826–85, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Philadelphia. After graduating (1846) from West Point, he served with distinction in the Mexican War and…
(Encyclopedia) Warren Commission, popular name given to the U.S. Commission to Report upon the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, established (Nov. 29, 1963) by executive order of President…
Robert CaseyAge: 68 two-term Democratic governor of Pa. whose pro-life stance made him the scourge of the party and prevented him from speaking at two national conventions. Died: Scranton,…
Earl (Red) BlaikBorn: Feb. 15, 1897Football coached Army to consecutive national titles in 1944-45; 166 career wins and 3 Heisman winners (Blanchard, Davis, Dawkins). Died: May 6, 1989The…
CARY George Booth , a Representative from Virginia;
born at ``Bonny Doon,'' near Courtland, Southampton County, Va., in 1811;
received a liberal education;
engaged in planting;
elected as a…
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