(Encyclopedia) Baskerville, JohnBaskerville, Johnbăsˈkərvĭlˌ [key], 1706–75, English designer of type and printer. He and Caslon were the two great type designers of the 18th cent. in England. He…
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George H. HitchingsAge: 92 1988 Nobel Prize winner for pharmaceutical research that led to the creation of drugs to treat lukemia and other diseases of the immune system. Died: Feb. 27, 1998.…
Maurice H. StansAge: 90 wealthy businessman who served as Bureau of the Budget director for President Eisenhower and Commerce Secretary and fund-raiser for President Nixon. He pleaded guilty…
Paul H. O'NeillGeorge W. Bush's secretary of the Treasury Born: 12/4/1935Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. O'Neill served as secretary of the treasury for the first two years of George W. Bush's…
Joseph H. LewisAge: 93 versatile filmmaker known for his briskly paced, stylish low-budget films, including The Jolson Story and Gun Crazy. Died: Marina del Rey, Calif., August 30, 2000Edward…
(Encyclopedia) Murry, John Middleton, 1889–1957, English critic and editor. In 1919 he became editor of the Athenaeum and in 1923 founded his own review, the Adelphi, with which he was associated…
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LaHOOD Ray H. , (father of Darin LaHood), a Representative from Illinois; born in Peoria, Peoria County, Ill.,
December 6, 1945; graduated from Spalding Institute, Peoria, Ill., 1963;
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