Word: ralph
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Another reason for the explosion is the need baby boomers have to look back and understand where they've come from. This is especially so in light of the fragmentation of families. Genealogical pursuit, says Ralph Crandall, director of Boston's New England Historic Genealogical Society, "is an attempt to reconstitute the family, at least symbolically." Shirley Wilcox, president of the National Genealogical Society in Arlington, Va., acknowledges that "computers and the Internet are also responsible for fueling interest." Masses of material can be organized more efficiently with software programs such as Family Tree Maker, the Master Genealogist, Ultimate Family...
...house was a meeting place for writers including Ralph Waldo Emerson, class of 1821, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Its archives hold numerous letters, including those written by Emerson and Julia Ward Howe, writer of "Battle Hymn of the Republic...
...announced merger plans last month, FCC chairman William Kennard jumped right in and gave his blessing. The merger promised new technologies and new conveniences for customers. So why has Congress been holding hearings on the merger when its members should be out campaigning or something? Two words: Ralph Nader...
Noting that she was named after the great Mass.philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson, class of1837--her middle name is Emerson--Hancock said sheadores Mass. and Boston...
...RALPH ELLISON (1914-1994) His novel Invisible Man (1952) began with the sentence "I am an invisible man" and concluded, "Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?" The words in between brought African-American experiences vividly into the literary mainstream and spurred a renaissance that continues to this...