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Polly Baca
Polly Baca-Barragán Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives and, later, to the state senate, Polly Baca-Barrag Read more |
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Robert Falls
Falls, Robert 1954-PERSONALFull name, Robert Arthur Falls; born March 2, 1954, in Springfield, IL; son of Arthur Joseph and Nancy (maiden name, Stribling) Falls; married; children: three. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.F. A., 1976.Addresses:Office—Goodman Theatre, 170 North... Read more |
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Clinton
Clinton ♂ Mainly North American: transferred use of the English surname, a local name from Glympton in Oxfordshire or Glinton in Northants. It was originally used as a given name in America in honour of the Clinton family, whose members included the statesman George Clinton... Read more |
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Joseph Glover Baldwin
BALDWIN, JOSEPH GLOVER Joseph Glover Baldwin achieved prominence as a jurist and author despite his lack of formal education. Baldwin was born in January, 1815, near Winchester, Virginia. After establishing a legal practice in 1836 in DeKalb, Mississippi, he relocated to Alabama and entered the... Read more |
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Eugene Joseph McCarthy
Eugene Joseph McCarthy 1916-2005, U.S. political leader, b. Watkins, Minn. He served (1942-46) as a technical assistant for military intelligence during World War II and then taught (1946-49) at the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. As a liberal Democratic member of the U.S. House of... Read more |
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Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery 420 acres (170 hectares), N Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; est. 1864. More than 60,000 American war dead, as well as notables including Presidents William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy, Gen. John J. Pershing, and Admiral Robert E. Peary are... Read more |
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Joseph Reed
Joseph Reed 1741-85, American Revolutionary political leader and army officer, b. Trenton, N.J. He studied law, was admitted (1763) to the bar, and then went to London to study at the Middle Temple. After returning (1765) to practice law in Trenton, he took an active part in pre-Revolutionary... Read more |
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Clinton Joseph Davisson
Davisson, Clinton Joseph (b. Bloomington, Illinois, 22 October 1881; d. Charlottesville, Virginia, 1 February 1958) physics. Davisson |
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Secretary of State
SECRETARY OF STATE Holding one of the ranking positions in the president's cabinet, the secretary of state is the president's principal foreign policy adviser. In this pivotal role, the secretary undertakes the overall direction, coordination, and supervision of relations between the United States... Read more |
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Operation Mongoose
Operation Mongoose ¦ ADRIENNE WILMOTH LERNER In November 1961, following the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion, President John F. Kennedy and his advisors launched Operation Mongoose, a covert operation intended to disrupt Cuban government and economic infrastructure. The... Read more |
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THE WHITE HOUSE: President Clinton names two to the Board of Directors of the...
...Secretary -- President Clinton names Joseph F. Baca and Robert N. Baldwin as Members...150499 President Clinton announced ... |
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President Clinton Names Five Members of State Justice Institute
...Newswire/ -- President Clinton has announced...intention to nominate Joseph F. Baca, Robert N. Baldwin, Jennifer Hauge...Paparian as members of the State Justice Institute. ... |