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Kitchen Cabinet Kitchen Cabinet
Kitchen Cabinet in U.S. history, popular name for the group of intimate, unofficial advisers of President Jackson . Early in his administration Jackson abandoned official cabinet meetings and used heads of departments solely to execute their departmental duties, while the policies of his... Read more
Blair Blair
Blair ♂, ♀ Transferred use of the Scottish surname, in origin a local name from any of various places named with Gaelic blàr ‘plain, field’. Outside Scotland, where it is a male name, it is found chiefly in North America, where it is also popular for girls.Variant: ... Read more
James Blair James Blair
James Blair 1656-1743, Church of England clergyman, missionary to colonial Virginia, and founder of the College of William and Mary, b. Scotland. At the request of the bishop of London, Blair traveled to Virginia in 1685 to revive and reform the church in the colony. He returned to England (1691)... Read more
John Doe John Doe
DOE, John 1954– PERSONAL Original name, John N. Duchac; born February 25, 1954, in Decatur, IL; married Exene Cervenka (a musician and lead singer of the band X; divorced); married Gigi Blair, 1987. Addresses: Contact... Read more
Strathclyde Strathclyde
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College of William and Mary College of William and Mary
WILLIAM AND MARY, COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, COLLEGE OF. The College of William and Mary is a state university located in Williamsburg, Virginia. The college has a long and distinguished history. Chartered by William III and Mary II on 8 February 1693, the college drew its support from the... Read more
Mike Fink Mike Fink
Mike Fink 1770?-1823?, American border hero, whose exploits have been so elaborated in legend that the actual facts of his life are difficult to discover. He was born probably at the frontier post of Pittsburgh, took part in the wars against the Native Americans of the Ohio region, and subsequently... Read more
John Blair Jr John Blair Jr
BLAIR, JOHN, JR. John Blair Jr., was among the original members of the U.S. Supreme Court. Nominated by President george washington, Blair began his term as an associate justice shortly after the Court's establishment on February 2, 1790. Considered a fair-minded, incorruptible jurist, he remained... Read more
Gordon Brown Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown (James Gordon Brown), 1951-, British politician. From 1975 to 1980 he taught at Edinburgh Univ. and Glasgow College of Technology; he then joined Scottish Television (1980-83) as a journalist. He ran unsuccessfully for Parliament in 1979 but won a seat in 1983. As a Labour party ... Read more
Robert Blair Robert Blair
Robert Blair 1699-1746, English poet and clergyman. His literary reputation rests solely on his didactic, blank-verse poem on death, The Grave (1743).... Read more

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