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2000 NBA College Draft First Round

  Team   Pos 1 New Jersey Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati C/F 2 Vancouver STROMILE SWIFT, LSU F 3 LA Clippers DARIUS MILES, E. St. Louis HS F 4 Chicago…

Baker, James Addison, 3d

(Encyclopedia) Baker, James Addison, 3d, 1930–, U.S. political leader, b. Houston, Tex. After graduating from Princeton, he served in the U.S. Marines and earned a law degree from the Univ. of Texas…

Frisch, Max

(Encyclopedia) Frisch, Max, 1911–91, Swiss writer. He obtained a diploma in architecture in 1941, and his designs included the Zürich Recreation Park. After 1955 he became recognized as one of Europe…

Geological Survey, United States

(Encyclopedia) Geological Survey, United States, bureau organized in 1879 under the Dept. of the Interior to unify and centralize the work already undertaken by separate surveys under Clarence King,…

Amharic

(Encyclopedia) AmharicAmharicămhârˈĭk [key], language of Ethiopia belonging to the South Ethiopic group of South Semitic languages, which, in turn, belong to the Semitic subfamily of the Afroasiatic…

Macklin, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Macklin, CharlesMacklin, Charlesmăkˈlĭn [key], 1697?–1797, English actor and dramatist, whose original name was Charles McLaughlin, b. Ireland. He began his career as a strolling…

circuit rider

(Encyclopedia) circuit rider, itinerant preacher of the Methodist denomination who served a “circuit” consisting usually of 20 to 40 “appointments.” The circuit system, devised by John Wesley for his…