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(Encyclopedia) Trilling, Lionel, 1905–75, American critic, author, and teacher, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (B.A., 1925; M.A., 1926; Ph.D., 1938). He began teaching literature at Columbia in…
Below is the composition of the 115th Congress' House of Representatives, following the 2016 election. In the following lists, the numeral indicates the congressional district represented; AL…
(Encyclopedia) TammanyTammanytămˈənē [key] or Tammany Hall, popular name for the Democratic political machine in Manhattan.
Tammany suffered a telling defeat in the election of 1932 and did not…
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