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International Monetary Fund

(Encyclopedia) International Monetary Fund (IMF), specialized agency of the United Nations, established in 1945. It was planned at the Bretton Woods Conference (1944), and its headquarters are in…

Marshall, George Catlett

(Encyclopedia) Marshall, George Catlett, 1880–1959, American general and cabinet member, b. Uniontown, Pa. A career army officer, Marshall graduated from the Virginia Military Institute. He first…

Beckett, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Beckett, SamuelBeckett, Samuelbĕkˈĭt [key], 1906–89, Anglo-French playwright and novelist, b. Dublin. Beckett studied and taught in Paris before settling there permanently in 1937. He…

Thomas Rust UNDERWOOD, Congress, KY (1898-1956)

Senate Years of Service: 1951-1952 Party: Democrat UNDERWOOD Thomas Rust , a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., March 3, 1898; attended the…

Vezina Trophy—Leading Goalkeeper

Vezina Trophy—Leading Goalkeeper1956–60 Jacques Plante, Montreal1961 Johnny Bower, Toronto1962 Jacques Plante, Montreal1963 Glenn Hall, Chicago1964 Charlie Hodge, Montreal1965 Terry Sawchuk—…

Top-Selling Business Software, 2005

Rank Title Publisher 1. MS Office 2003 Student/Teacher Ed Microsoft 2. MS Office 2004 Student/Teacher Ed Microsoft 3. MS Office 2003 Pro Upgrade Microsoft 4. .Mac…

Lawrence, D. H.

(Encyclopedia) Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert Lawrence), 1885–1930, English author, one of the primary shapers of 20th-century fiction. Lawrence believed that industrialized Western culture was…

Wilde, Oscar

(Encyclopedia) Wilde, Oscar (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde), 1854–1900, Irish author and wit, b. Dublin. He is most famous for his sophisticated, brilliantly witty plays, which were the first…

Culbertson, Ely

(Encyclopedia) Culbertson, ElyCulbertson, Elyēˈlē kŭlˈbərtsən [key], 1891–1955, American authority on contract bridge, b. Romania. His father was an American engineer then living in Romania, and his…