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Peg Bracken Biography

cookbook writerDied: October 20, 2007 (Portland, Oregon) Best Known as: wrote the best-selling cookbook "I Hate to Cook Book" Former advertising executive who…

Northlake

(Encyclopedia) Northlake, city (1990 pop. 12,505), Cook and Du Page counties, NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; inc. 1949. Its has various manufactures. St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Church, which is…

Park Ridge

(Encyclopedia) Park Ridge, city (1990 pop. 36,175), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb adjacent to Chicago, on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1873. It is chiefly residential. Several national and international…

Harvey

(Encyclopedia) Harvey, city (2020 pop. 20,324), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb S of Chicago; inc. 1895. Its manufactures include steel castings, metal…

Blue Island

(Encyclopedia) Blue Island, city (2020 pop. 22,549), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential and industrial suburb of Chicago, on the Little Calumet River;…

Olympic Preview: Archery

First Olympic Appearance: 1900 by Beth Rowen Related Links Olympics Overview 2012 Encyclopedia: Archery   Did You Know? As legend has it, Robin Hood once won an archery…

thrush , in zoology

(Encyclopedia) thrush, bird, common name for members of the Turdidae, a large family of birds found in most parts of the world and noted for their beautiful song. The majority are modestly colored,…

Marshall, Barry James

(Encyclopedia) Marshall, Barry James, 1951–, Australian physician, grad. Univ. of Western Australia (M.B., B.S., 1974). Marshall he was on the staff at the Royal Perth Hospital from 1977 to 1986 and…

trillium

(Encyclopedia) trillium or wake-robintrilliumtrĭlˈēəm [key], any plant of the large genus Trillium, attractive spring wildflowers of the family Liliaceae (lily family), native to North America and E…

Berwyn

(Encyclopedia) Berwyn Berwyn bûrˈwĭn [key], city (2020 pop. 57,250), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb of…