(Encyclopedia) Foley, Thomas Stephen, 1929–2013, U.S. congressman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1989–95), b. Spokane, Wash. A lawyer, he was elected to the U.S. House of…
Republican politician from Florida, resigned from the House in September, after reports emerged that he had sent sexually explicit messages to teenage male Congressional pages. He had been…
(Encyclopedia) Ingram, Arthur Foley WinningtonIngram, Arthur Foley Winningtonĭngˈgrəm [key], 1858–1946, English prelate, bishop of London (1901–39). He was a lifelong leader in social work in London'…
FOLEY Mark A. , a Representative from Florida; born in Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.,
September 8, 1954; graduated Lake Worth High School, Lake Worth, Fla.; attended Palm Beach
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(Encyclopedia) Mark, Saint [Lat. Marcus], Christian apostle, traditional author of the 2d Gospel (see Mark, Gospel according to). His full name was John Mark. His mother, named Mary, had a house in…
(Encyclopedia) Rothko, MarkRothko, Markrŏthˈkō [key], 1903–70, American painter, b. Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia), as Marcus Rotkovitch. His family immigrated to the United States in 1913.…
(Encyclopedia) mark, designation for the free village community that was supposed to have been the unit of primitive German social life. According to a theory formulated in the 19th cent. by Georg…
(Encyclopedia) Akenside, MarkAkenside, Markāˈkĭnsīd [key], 1721–70, English poet and physician. His chief literary work was the didactic poem The Pleasures of Imagination (1744). Among his other…
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