H. Clay EarlesAge: 86 founder, chairman of the board and CEO of Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Earles died after a yearlong illness.Died: Martinsville, Va., November 16, 1999Virginia Foster…
H. Richard Hornbergerwriter, surgeon Hornberger used his experience as a captain in the Army Medical Corps during the Korean War to craft his novel, M*A*S*H, which became a hit movie…
The letters are the initials of Norfolk Howard, in allusion to a Mr. Bugg who, in 1863, changed his name to Norfolk Howard. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894nthN A B…
(Encyclopedia) Revere, Paul, 1735–1818, American silversmith and political leader in the American Revolution, b. Boston. In his father's smithy he learned to work gold and silver, and he became a…
(Encyclopedia) Crane, Stephen, 1871–1900, American novelist, poet, and short-story writer, b. Newark, N.J. Often designated the first modern American writer, Crane is ranked among the authors who…
(Encyclopedia) Asbury, FrancisAsbury, Francisăzˈbərē, –bĕ– [key], 1745–1816, Methodist bishop in America, b. England. The Wesleyan conference in London sent him in 1771 as a missionary to America,…
William H. Taft (December 3, 1912) Jump to Part II | Part III To the Senate and House of Representatives: The foreign relations of the United States actually and potentially affect the state of the…
William H. Taft (December 7, 1909) The relations of the United States with all foreign governments have continued upon the normal basis of amity and good understanding, and are very generally…
(Encyclopedia) Miller, Merton H., 1923–2000, American economist, grad. Harvard, 1943, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1952. A professor at Carnegie-Mellon Univ. (1953–61) and the Univ. of Chicago (1961–93), he…
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