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Hays, Anna Mae

(Encyclopedia) Hays, Anna Mae, 1920–2018, American general, b. Buffalo, N.Y., as Anna Mae Violet McCabe. Trained as a nurse (1941), she enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps (1942) and served in Assam,…

Garbo, Greta

(Encyclopedia) Garbo, Greta, 1905–90, American film actress, b. Stockholm, Sweden, as Greta Gustafsson. Garbo's success in the Swedish film The Atonement of Gösta Berling (1923) brought her to…

Cerro Gordo

(Encyclopedia) Cerro GordoCerro Gordosāˈrō gōrˈᵺō [key], mountain pass, E Mexico, on the road between Veracruz and Xalapa, site of a decisive battle (Apr. 17–18, 1847) of the Mexican War. General…

Paredes y Arrillaga, Mariano

(Encyclopedia) Paredes y Arrillaga, MarianoParedes y Arrillaga, Marianomäryäˈnō pärāˈᵺās ē ärēyäˈgä [key], 1797–1849, Mexican general and president (1846). A leader of the ultraconservatives, he…

Phanuel

(Encyclopedia) PhanuelPhanuelfăny&oomacr;ˈĕl, fănˈy&oomacr;ĕl [key], in the New Testament, father of Anna the prophetess.

Anna McCune Harper Biography

Anna McCune HarperAge: 99 replaced Helen Wills Moody as the top-ranked U.S. women's tennis player in 1930; won mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1931; called home in 1932 because of a…

Anna Scarpova Youskevitch Biography

Anna Scarpova Youskevitch ballet dancer and teacher former member of the Ballets Russes troupes; often performed with her husband, Igor Youskevitch, who died in 1994Born: 1912?Died: 1997Max…

Anna Pou, 2006 News

New Orleans surgeon, was arrested in July and accused of administering lethal injections to kill four of Memorial Medical Center's sickest patients days after the hurricane. Nurses Lori Budo…