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The Devil's Dictionary: Reprobation

by Ambrose Bierce REPRESENTATIVEREPUBLICREPROBATION -n. In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin, whose joy in it was…

Daryl Chapin Biography

inventorBorn: 21 July 1906Best Known as: co-creator of the silicon solar cell Daryl Chapin with Bell Labs colleagues Calvin Fuller and Gerald Pearson developed…

Gerald Pearson Biography

inventorBorn: 31 March 1905Best Known as: co-creator of the silicon solar cell Gerald Pearson, along with Bell Labs colleagues Daryl Chapin and Calvin Fuller,…

Grown Ups

UPNMonday 9:00–9:30 p.m.Cast:Jaleel White, Dave Ruby, Marissa Ribisi Does the world need another Jaleel White (best known Urkel) series? For that matter, does the world really need UPN? After…

John Coolidge 2000 Deaths

John CoolidgeAge: 93 son of President Calvin Coolidge, who was the oldest living child of an American president. Died: Lebanon, N.H., May 31, 2000 Joe ConcannonA - GHarry Cooper

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

(Encyclopedia) Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811–96, American novelist and humanitarian, b. Litchfield, Conn. With her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, she stirred the conscience of Americans concerning slavery…

oratory

(Encyclopedia) oratory, the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which meant the art of composing as well as…

Basel

(Encyclopedia) Basel Basel bäˈzəl [key] or Basle Basle bäl…

1999 Deaths: G - L

Felix GalimirWilliam (Bill) GardinerW. Arthur Garrity, Jr.William (Pop) GatesGermain GliddenColby GoodwinRaisa GorbachevMeg GreenfieldCalvin GriffithErnest GrossJerzy GrotowskiHowie HaakHuntz…