(Encyclopedia) Tu FuTu Fud&oomacr; f&oomacr; [key], 712–70, Chinese poet. In Pinyin, his name is romanized as Du Fu. Tu Fu is often considered the greatest of Chinese poets. He did not pass…
(Encyclopedia) Riggs, Bobby (Robert Larimore Riggs), 1918–95, U.S. tennis player, b. Los Angeles. Playing tennis from the age of 11, Riggs won several tournaments in the 1930s and helped the U.S.…
BBC executives, resigned in January, after British judge Lord Hutton concluded that British prime minister Tony Blair had not intentionally “sexed-up” the intelligence dossier about Iraq's…
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SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUS Population 16 years and over23,294100.0 In labor force12,62054.2 Civilian labor force12,59754.1 Employed11,60649.8 Unemployed9914.3 Percent of…
SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units12,824100.0 UNITS IN STRUCTURE 1-unit, detached9,78176.3 1-unit, attached1891.5 2 units3102.4 3 or 4 units1781.4 5 to 9 units1050.8 10 to 19…
(Encyclopedia) Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811–84, Confederate statesman and British barrister, b. Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, of Jewish parents. His family moved (c.1813) to Wilmington, N…
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) Ashe, Arthur Robert, 1943–93, American tennis player, b. Richmond, Va. Ashe rose from his hometown's public courts to become the first African-American male to reach prominence in…
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