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Deerfield, towns, United States

(Encyclopedia) Deerfield. 1 Village (2020 pop. 18,456), Cook and Lake counties, NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; inc. 1903. The huge Sara Lee…

Chambersburg

(Encyclopedia) Chambersburg, borough (2020 pop. 21,903), seat of Franklin co., S Pa.; settled 1730, inc. 1803. Food products, apparel, construction…

Washington, Harold Lee

(Encyclopedia) Washington, Harold Lee, 1922–87, African-American politician, b. Chicago. A lawyer, he entered Illinois state government in 1965 as a Democratic representative, becoming state senator…

The 100 Best Characters in Fiction Since 1900

Book Magazine, now defunct, compiled a panel of 55 authors, literary agents, editors, and actors in 2002 to “rank the top one hundred characters in literature since 1900.”Jay Gatsby, The…

Entertainment Bios — M

Bernie MacRalph MacchioAndie MacDowellMattew MacfadyenAli MacGrawKyle MacLachlanShirley MacLaineFred MacMurrayPeter MacNicolElle MacphersonWilliam H. MacyAmy MadiganMadonnaAnn MagnusonTobey…

Stone Mountain Memorial

(Encyclopedia) Stone Mountain Memorial, memorial to the Confederacy, consisting of the equestrian figures of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis carved on the northern face of Stone…

Masters, Edgar Lee

(Encyclopedia) Masters, Edgar Lee, 1869–1950, American poet and biographer, b. Garnett, Kans. He maintained a successful law practice in Chicago from 1892 to 1920. Masters's Spoon River Anthology (…

Petty, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Petty, Richard, 1937–, American auto racing driver, b. Level Cross, N.C. The son of Lee Petty, a champion stock car race driver, he won a record 200 National Association for Stock Car…

Bailey, F. Lee

(Encyclopedia) Bailey, F. Lee (Francis Lee Bailey), 1933-2021, American lawyer, b. Waltham, Ma., Boston Univ. Law School (J.D., 1960). Bailey attended…

Wu, Chien-Shiung

(Encyclopedia) Wu, Chien-ShiungWu, Chien-Shiungchyĕnˈ-shy&oobreve;ngˈ w&oomacr; [key], 1912–97, Chinese-American physicist. She emigrated to the United States from China in 1936 and received…