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Sérgio Vieira de Mello 2003 Deaths

Sérgio Vieira de MelloAge: 55 diplomat, was killed in August when a suicide bomber demolished UN headquarters in Baghdad. He was appointed UN special representative to Iraq in May. Vieira was…

Geology of the Grand Canyon: De Motte Park.

DE MOTTE PARK.Its length is about ten miles, its average width about two miles. It is a depressed area in the heart of the plateau and is on every side girt about by more elevated ground…

New Castle County, DE Census Data

Delaware New Castle County, Delaware People QuickFactsNew Castle CountyDelawarePopulation, 2005 estimate 523,008843,524Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 4.5%7.6%…

De Witt County, IL Census Data

Illinois De Witt County, Illinois People QuickFactsDe Witt CountyIllinoisPopulation, 2005 estimate 16,61712,763,371Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.1%2.8%Population…

Brewer's: Au Pied de la Lettre

(French). Literatim et verbatim; according to the strict letter of the text. ldquo;In reading au pied de la lettre the story of his [Buddha's] fatal illness supervened on a meal of dried…

Brewer's: Connubialis de Mulcibre fecit Apellem

Love turned a blacksmith into a great artist. Said of Quentin Matsys, the blacksmith of Antwerp, who was in love with an artist's daughter. The father scorned the alliance, and said he…

Brewer's: De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum

Of the dead speak kindly or not at all. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894De Nihilo Nihil FitDe Lunatico Inquirendo A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…

Michael Newbold CASTLE, Congress, DE (1939)

CASTLE Michael Newbold , a Representative from Delaware; born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., July 2, 1939; graduate of Tower Hill School, Wilmington, Del., 1957; B.S., Hamilton College,…

Joshua CLAYTON, Congress, DE (1744-1798)

Senate Years of Service: 1798-1798 Party: Federalist CLAYTON Joshua , a Senator from Delaware; born at Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Md., July 20, 1744; studied medicine in Philadelphia and…