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Speakers of the House of Representatives

Dates served Congress Name and state1789–1791 1 Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (Pa.)1791–1793 2 Jonathan Trumbull (Conn.)1793–1795 3 Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (Pa.)1795–1799 4–5 Jonathan Dayton…

Michael Brecker 2007 Deaths

Michael BreckerAge: 57 Grammy Award-winning jazz musician considered the most influential saxophonist since John Coltrane, his mentor. Brecker fronted his own bands and played as a sideman on…

Grace Hazard Conkling: Tampico

TampicoGrace Hazard ConklingOh, cut me reeds to blow upon, Or gather me a star, But leave the sultry passion-flowers Growing where they are.I fear their sombre yellow deeps, Their whirling…

Entertainment Bios — R

Francisco RabalDorothy RabinowitzRadioheadGilda RadnerBen RaeburnRage Against the MachineSam M. RaimiMa RaineyClaude RainsBonnie RaittHarold RamisJoey RamoneMichael RapaportBasil RathboneDan…

Aesop's Fables: The Blind Man and the Cub

by Aesop The Oak and the ReedsThe Boy and the SnailsThe Blind Man and the Cub There was once a Blind Man who had so fine a sense of touch that, when any animal was put into his hands, he…

Wynton Marsalis

The Midnight Blues — Standard Time Volume 5 Columbia This moody, ambitious album finds Marsalis reaching new musical heights — and lows. On tracks like “The Party's Over” and “I Got Lost in Her…

Jeremiah COSDEN, Congress, MD (1768-1824)

COSDEN Jeremiah , a Representative from Maryland; born in 1768; elected as a Republican and presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Seventeenth Congress and served from March 4, 1821, to…

Other USBC Champions, 2006

Senior Masters—Tom Baker, King, N.C.Senior Queens—Sandra Postma, Lansing, Ill.Intercollegiate Singles—Men: Brian Valenta, Lindenwood Univ.. Women: Olivia Sandham, Wichita State.…

Sara Teasedale: The Answer

The AnswerWhen I go back to earth And all my joyous body Puts off the red and white That once had been so proud, If men should pass above With false and feeble pity, My dust will find a voice…