Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana who served as the 16th governor of Indiana from 1873 to 1877 and the 21st vice president of the United States from March until his death in November 1885. Hendricks represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855) and the U.S. Senate (1863–1869). He also represented Shelby County,Indiana,in the Indiana General Assembly (1848–1850) and as a delegate to the 1851 Indiana constitutional convention. In addition,Hendricks served as commissioner of the United States General Land Office (1855–1859). Hendricks,a popular member of the Democratic Party,was a fiscal conservative. He defended the Democratic position in the U.S. Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era and voted against the Thirteenth,Fourteenth,and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. He also opposed Radical Reconstruction and President Andrew Johnson's removal from office following Johnson's impeachment in the U.S. House.
The Swiss Family Robinson is a novel by the Swiss author Johann David Wyss,first published in 1812,about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson,Australia goes off course and is shipwrecked in the East Indies. The ship's crew is lost,but the family and several domestic animals survive. They make their way to shore,where they build a settlement,undergoing several adventures before being rescued;some refuse rescue and remain on the island.
William Hendricks was a Democratic-Republican member of the House of Representatives from 1816 to 1822,the third governor of Indiana from 1822 to 1825,and an Anti-Jacksonian member of the U.S. Senate from 1825 to 1837. He led much of his family into politics and founded one of the largest political families in Indiana. He was the uncle of Thomas Andrews Hendricks,who was also Governor of Indiana and Vice President of the United States. Hendricks County was named in his honor. His term as governor was spent repairing the state's finances to later enable large scale internal improvements. The establishment of the basic framework of the state's public school system and the transfer of the capital from Corydon to Indianapolis also occurred during his term.
In the folklore of the Alpine region of south-central Europe,the Tatzelwurm,Stollenwurm,or Stollwurm is a lizard-like creature,often described as having the face of a cat,with a serpent-like body which may be slender or stubby,with four short legs or two forelegs and no hindlegs.
Amanda Wyss is an American actress. She began her career in the early 1980s in teen-oriented roles such as Lisa in the coming-of-age comedy film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982),Tina Gray in the slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984),and Beth in the film Better Off Dead (1985). Additionally,she had a supporting role as investigative reporter Randi McFarland in the television series Highlander:The Series (1992–1993). She is also known for playing Woody's ex-girlfriend,Beth,in two episodes of Cheers in the mid-1980s.
Neo-prohibitionism is a current movement to attempt to stop consumption of alcohol in society through legislation and policies which further restrict the sale,possession,and marketing of alcohol in order to reduce average per capita consumption and change social norms to reduce its acceptability.
Jesse Burgess Thomas was an American lawyer,judge and politician who served as a delegate from the Indiana Territory to the tenth Congress and later served as president of the Constitutional Convention which led to Illinois being admitted to the Union. He became one of Illinois' first two Senators,and is best known as the author of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. After his retirement from the U.S. Senate in 1829 he lived the rest of his life in Ohio.
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Robert Shaye. It is the first installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and stars Heather Langenkamp,John Saxon,Ronee Blakley,Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger,and Johnny Depp in his film debut. The film's plot concerns a group of teenagers who are targeted by Krueger,an undead child killer who murders teenagers through their dreams,as retribution against their parents who burned him alive.
Kurt Bilteaux Thomas was an American Olympic gymnast and part-time actor. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and in 1978 he became the first American male gymnast to win a gold medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. In 1979,he won six medals at the world championship,setting the record for most medals won at a single world championship by an American gymnast,a feat matched only by Simone Biles in 2018. He competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Thomas was favored to win a medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics but was unable to compete due to the USA boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games.
Swiss Family Robinson is a 1940 American film released by RKO Radio Pictures and directed by Edward Ludwig. It is based on the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss and is the first feature-length film version of the story.
Swiss Post is the national postal service of Switzerland. A public company owned by the Swiss Confederation,it is the country's second largest employer with about 54,000 employees. The group is based in Bern and has branches in 25 countries. Roberto Cirillo is its CEO since April 2019. In 2021,Swiss Post was ranked as the world's best by the Universal Postal Union for the fifth time in a row. In December 2022,it was announced Swiss Post has acquired the St. Gallen-based sustainable packaging company,Kickbag GmbH.
The Star Press is a morning edition newspaper for Muncie,Indiana,and surrounding areas.
WYSS is a radio station broadcasting in Sault Ste. Marie,Michigan. Branded as "99.5 Yes FM," the station has had a Top 40 (CHR) format since 1986. The station's slogans are "Sault Sainte Marie's Hit Music Station" and "All the Hits for Sault Sainte Marie." WYSS is currently by owned Sovereign Communications,who acquired it and fellow Sault stations WKNW and WMKD from Northern Star Broadcasting in 2010.
Thomas Reed Cobb was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1877 to 1887.
Danilo Wyss is a Swiss former road racing cyclist,who rode professionally between 2008 and 2020 for the BMC Racing Team and NTT Pro Cycling. He is no relation to fellow Swiss cyclist Daniel Wyss who won the Race Across America in 2006 and 2009.
Johann Georg "Hansjörg" Wyss is a Swiss billionaire businessman and donor to politically liberal and environmental causes in the United States. He is the founder and former president and chairman of Synthes,a medical device manufacturer. His Wyss Foundation has more than $2 billion in assets.
Franz Anatol Wyss is a Swiss painter.
Wyss is an Alemannic form of the German surname Weißused predominantly in Switzerland. It comes from Middle High German wīz and Old High German wîs.
Christina "Tina" Gray is a fictional character in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. She was created by Wes Craven. The character was portrayed by Amanda Wyss in the original film and Katie Cassidy in the 2010 film. Julianna Damm also portrayed the character as a preadolescent in the 2010 film's flashbacks and dream sequences. A high school student whose death is the catalyst for the events of the series,Gray is the false protagonist of the 1984 original film. She also appears in the novels,Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994),Freddy vs. Jason (2003),2010 reboot,merchandise based on the films,and a claymation version of the character is shown in the documentary Never Sleep Again:The Elm Street Legacy (2010). The imagery featuring Gray in the body bag during the dream sequences have been regarded as iconic.
Orville Wyss was an American microbiologist. He was the president of the American Society for Microbiology in 1965.
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