Nikki LaudaBorn: Feb. 22, 1949Austrian auto racer 3-time world Formula One champion (1975,77,84); 25 career wins from 1971-85.Larissa LatyninaK - MRod Laver
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(Encyclopedia) Reed, Sir Carol, 1906–76, English film director, b. London. He acted and directed on the stage before turning to films in the mid-1930s. Reed powerfully portrayed characters at the end…
(Encyclopedia) Smoot, ReedSmoot, Reedsm&oomacr;t [key], 1862–1941, U.S. senator (1903–33), b. Salt Lake City, Utah. He became successful as a banker and was prominent in the affairs of the Church…
(Encyclopedia) Walter Reed Army Medical Center, former major military hospital complex in Washington, D.C., and Forest Glen, Md. The original facility, Walter Reed General Hospital, named for U.S.…
(Encyclopedia) Reed, Stanley Forman, 1884–1980, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1938–57), b. Macon co., Ky. After receiving the B.A. degree from both Kentucky Wesleyan (1902) and Yale (…
Nikki CoxactressBorn: 6/2/1978Birthplace: Los Angeles, California Actress best known for her role as sassy 16-year-old Tiffany Malloy on the TV show Unhappily Ever After (1995). Already…
Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni
Born: June 7, 1943
poet
Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee
A leading poet of the Black Arts Movement, Giovanni's work reflects her radical politics. In 1967…
A broken reed. Something not to be trusted for support. Egypt is called a broken reed, to which Hezekiah could not trust if the Assyrians made war on Jerusalem, “which broken reed if a man…
(Encyclopedia) Giddings, Joshua Reed, 1795–1864, American abolitionist, b. Tioga Point (now Athens), Pa. A successful lawyer in Jefferson, Ohio, he represented the Western Reserve in Congress (1838–…
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