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1 day ago · James Madison (March 16, 1751 [b] – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was popularly acclaimed the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the ...
1 day ago · Etymology Main article: Name of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh was named in 1758, by General John Forbes, in honor of British statesman William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. As Forbes was a Scotsman, he probably pronounced the name / ˈ p ɪ t s b ər ə / PITS -bər-ə (similar to Edinburgh). Pittsburgh was incorporated as a borough on April 22, 1794, with the following Act: "Be it enacted by the ...
1 day ago · The 2023 Big Ten Conference football season was the 128th season of college football played for the Big Ten Conference and part of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the Big Ten's tenth season with 14 teams, and its thirteenth and final season with a divisional scheduling format. Next season the league will expand to 18 with ...
30 minutes ago · Summary. Like cosmopolitan, sophistication is a fighting word in American culture, a phrase that discomfits, raises eyebrows. It is not who we are, as President Obama used to say, for it smacks of elitism. Whereas the first word has had a stormy modern history—Stalin, for instance, used cosmopolitan as a code word for Jew—sophistication has ...
30 minutes ago · Pfizer, working with the startup BioNTech, began to develop COVID-19 vaccines delivering mRNA that produces the viral “spike” protein. The mRNA vaccine approach was made possible by the pioneering work of Drew Weissman, M.D., Ph.D., and Katalin Kariko, Ph.D., both from the University of Pennsylvania.
1 day ago · Drew Griffith: Butler Area Senior High School: Butler, Pennsylvania: Terre Haute, Indiana: Alex Wilson Invitational February 17, 2024 8:34.91 Drew Griffith: Butler Area Senior High School: Butler, Pennsylvania: Boston: New Balance Nationals: March 10, 2024 5000 m: 13:56.82 Tyrone Gorze Crater High School: Central Point, Oregon: Boston New ...
30 minutes ago · Mitchell had previously served as an assistant coach under Coach Frank Yallop. Under Mitchell, Canada drew friendlies with Iceland and against Costa Rica, lost 0–2 to South Africa, had a 1–0 win over Martinique, and a 0–2 defeat to Estonia. Optimism grew, however, as Canada played well in a 2–3 loss to Brazil.
