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(Encyclopedia) United States Air Force Academy, at Colorado Springs, Colo.; for training young men and women to be officers in the U.S. air force; authorized in 1954 by Congress. Temporary quarters…Keating, Paul
(Encyclopedia) Keating, Paul, 1944–, Australian politician. A trade-union official and member of the Labor party, he was first elected to parliament in 1969. As federal treasurer (treasury minister)…Lott, Trent
(Encyclopedia) Lott, Trent (Chester Trent Lott), 1941–, American politician, b. Grenada, Miss. Lott attended college and law school at the Univ. of Mississippi, then briefly (1967) worked with a…Auerbach, Red
(Encyclopedia) Auerbach, Red (Arnold Jacob Auerbach)Auerbach, Redouˈərbăkˌ, –bäkˌ [key], 1917–2006, American basketball coach and executive, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. As coach of the Boston Celtics (1950–66…Tallchief, Maria
(Encyclopedia) Tallchief, Maria, 1925–2013, American ballerina, b. Fairfax, Okla., as Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief. Tallchief, of Osage descent, was trained both as a pianist and a dancer. Deciding on…Graves, Michael
(Encyclopedia) Graves, Michael, 1934–2015, American architect, b. Indianapolis, Ind., educated at the Univ. of Cincinnati and Harvard. He taught at Princeton from 1962 to 2002. Graves was a member of…Sports Superlatives
The oldest, the tallest, the fastest, and the longest by Mike Morrison and Chris Frantz Have you ever wondered who threw the fastest pitch in Major League Baseball history? Or who is the oldest…Corigliano, John Paul
(Encyclopedia) Corigliano, John PaulCorigliano, John Paulkôrˌĭlyänˈō, kərĭgˌlē-änˈō [key], 1938–, American composer, b. New York City. The son of New York Philharmonic first violinist and…decathlon
(Encyclopedia) decathlondecathlondĭkăthˈlŏn [key], in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. It consists of the long jump; the high jump…bobwhite
(Encyclopedia) bobwhite, common name for an American henlike bird of the family Phasianidae, which also includes the pheasant and the partridge. The eastern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) is…Trending
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