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Free-Soil party

(Encyclopedia) Free-Soil party, in U.S. history, political party that came into existence in 1847–48 chiefly because of rising opposition to the extension of slavery into any of the territories newly…

Grey, Lady Jane

(Encyclopedia) Grey, Lady Jane, 1537–54, queen of England for nine days. She was the daughter of Henry Grey, marquess of Dorset (later duke of Suffolk), and Frances Brandon, daughter of Henry VIII's…

Top 150 Greatest Love Stories

Top of Page Love in movies has always been a staple theme for filmmakers. From dramatic love triangles to heartwarming stories of two people falling in love, the movies have provided us with some of…

Liberia Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Liberia Index: People Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Liberia Relations PEOPLEPortuguese explorers established…

2009 CMA Awards

The 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards were presented November 11, 2009, at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House. Entertainer of the Year…

Entertainment News from November 1998

5Word from London is that waif supermodel Kate Moss has checked herself in to the $500-a-day Priory Clinic, which is known as England's Betty Ford Center. “I've been doing a lot of work and……

Entertainment News from July 1999

1Ally McBeal star Calista Flockhart puts the media in its place, telling its members obsessed with her weight to “kiss my skinny white ass,” on her appearance on David Letterman's Late Show.…

Millay, Edna St. Vincent

(Encyclopedia) Millay, Edna St. VincentMillay, Edna St. Vincentmĭlāˈ [key], 1892–1950, American poet, b. Rockland, Maine, grad. Vassar College, 1917. One of the most popular poets of her era, Millay…