Word: polk
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...James K. Polk's Cabinet Room, next door to the Yellow Oval Room, that one of the most fateful discoveries in U.S. history was confirmed. There on Dec. 7, 1848, Secretary of War William Marcy put a heavily laden tea caddy on the table and stepped back for Polk's scrutiny. The caddy contained 230 oz. of gold dust and nuggets from California, proof of the wild and heady stories that had seeped back East...
Mexican War proponent--and Tennessean--James K. Polk, whose former residence lies only 100 yards from the War Memorial Plaza, the center of Gore's aborted Tuesday night victory celebration. Now, Gore can only hope history smiles twice on Tennessee...
DIED. CHARLES REMBAR, 85, lawyer, writer; in the Bronx, N.Y. Rembar defended the publishers of Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tropic of Cancer and other controversial works against obscenity laws, most famously--and successfully--in the landmark Fanny Hill Supreme Court case of 1965. He received a George Polk Memorial Award in journalism for his book The End of Obscenity in 1969, the same year his cousin Norman Mailer also won a prize...
While most of the approximately 500 people in attendance came to see Inca Son perform, many echoed the feelings of area resident Susan Polk...
...here for the music, but the charity is a nice benefit," said Polk...