Mark BavisAge: 31 amateur scout with the L.A. Kings who was a passenger hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 that crashed into the World Trade Center; scouted college teams for the Kings and…
(Encyclopedia) Castro, Fidel (Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz)Castro, Fidelfēdĕlˈ [key]Castro, Fidel käsˈtrō [key], 1926–2016, Cuban revolutionary, premier of Cuba (1959–76), president of the Council of…
Mark BelangerAge: 54 eight-time Gold Glove-winning shortstop with the Baltimore Orioles and key figure in the baseball players' union after his playing career ended in 1982; nicknamed “Blade…
(Encyclopedia) Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, Miguel, 1960–, Cuban political leader. Trained as an electrical engineer, he served (1982–85) as a radio specialist in the armed forces and taught at the Villa…
(Encyclopedia) Guevara, Che (Ernesto Guevara)Guevara, Chechā gāväˈrä, ārnĕsˈtō [key], 1928–67, Cuban revolutionary and political leader, b. Argentina. Trained as a physician at the Univ. of Buenos…
(Encyclopedia) hallmark, mark impressed on silverwork or goldwork to signify official approval of the standard of purity of the metal, also called plate mark. The hallmark was introduced by statute…
As “Take away this bottle, it has Moll Thomson's mark on it.” Moll Thomson is M. T. (empty). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MollyMoll Flanders A B C D…
(SS.). Nostradamus wrote in 1566: Quand Georges Dieu crucifera, Que Marc le ressucitera, Et que St. Jean le portera, La fin du monde arrivera. In 1886 St. George's day fell on Good Friday…
In French there are two letters expletive —l and t. The former, called `l ephelcystic,' is placed before on if the preceding word ends with a vowel, as si-l-on. The latter is called “t…
KENNEDY Mark , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Benson, Swift County,
Minn., April 11, 1957; graduated from St. John's University, Collegeville,
Minn., 1979; M.B.A., University of Michigan…
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