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Judiciary Act of 1801
Judiciary Act of 1801 L. A. Powe, Jr. The Judiciary Act of 1801 (2 Stat. 69), an act "for the more convenient organization of Courts of the United States," cured major defects in the federal judicial system. It ended the practice of Supreme Court justices sitting as circuit judges, which had been... Read more |
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Samuel
Samuel two books of the Bible, originally a single work, called First and Second Samuel in modern Bibles, and First and Second Kingdoms in the Septuagint . They are considered part of "Deuteronomistic history," in which the book of Deuteronomy functions as the interpretive key for... Read more |
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Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1816-95, American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General (1869-70), b. Concord, Mass. While serving (1846) in the Massachusetts senate, he declared that he would rather be a "Conscience Whig" than a "Cotton Whig," thus originating an antislavery slogan. He was appointed U.S.... Read more |
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parlement
parlement , in French history, the chief judicial body under the ancien régime. The parlement consisted of a number of separate chambers: the central pleading chamber, called the Grand-Chambre; the Chambre des Requêtes (to deal with petitions) and the Chambre des Enquêtes ... Read more |
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Anthony Anderson
Anderson, Anthony August 15, 1970 • Augusta, Maine Actor, writer, producer With his boyish face and gap-toothed smile, and weighing over 270 pounds, Anthony Anderson is not a typical Hollywood leading man. In fact, for most of his career he has played second banana in such films as Big... Read more |
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Hampshire Group Ltd
Hampshire Group Ltd. 1924 Pearman Dairy RoadAnderson, South Carolina 29625-1303U.S.A.Telephone: (864) 231-1200Fax: (864) 231-1201Web site: http://www.hamp.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1977Employees: 370Sales: $324 million (2005)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQTicker Symbol: HAMPNAIC: 315191 Outerwear... Read more |
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Both Your Houses
Both Your Houses (1933), a play by Maxwell Anderson. [Royale Theatre, 120 perf.; Pulitzer Prize.] After Alan McClean ( Sheppard Strudwick) was fired for exposing misappropriations at his school, his muckraking publisher father used the incident as a springboard to elect Alan to Congress. Advised... Read more |
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Winterset
Winterset, verse play by Maxwell Anderson, produced and published in 1935. Its theme was suggested by the Sacco‐Vanzetti case.Thirteen years before the time of the play, Romagna, an Italian radical, was “framed” on a murder charge and executed. His wife died, and their son Mio,... Read more |
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PepsiCo Inc
PepsiCo, Inc. 700 Anderson Hill RoadPurchase, New York 10577-1444U.S.A.Telephone: (914) 253-2000Fax: (914) 253-2070Web site: http://www.pepsico.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1965Employees: 118,000Sales: $20.37 billion (1999)Stock Exchanges: New York Chicago Swiss Amsterdam TokyoTicker Symbol:... Read more |
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