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(Encyclopedia) Adrogué Adrogué ädrōgāˈ [key] or Almirante Brown Almirante Brown älmēränˈtā [key], city, Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It was settled in…Wanamaker, John
(Encyclopedia) Wanamaker, JohnWanamaker, Johnwŏnˈəmāˌkər [key], 1838–1922, American merchant, b. Philadelphia. He went into the men's clothing business in Philadelphia with Nathan Brown, his brother-…bighorn, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) bighorn or Rocky Mountain sheep, wild sheep, Ovis canadensis, of W North America, formerly plentiful in mountains from SW Canada to N Mexico. Indiscriminate hunting, disease, and…Men's Olympic 200 Meters Through the Years
200 meters Year Time 1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen, NED 24.4 1952 Marjorie Jackson, AUS 23.7 OR 1956 Betty Cuthbert, AUS 23.4 OR 1960 Wilma Rudolph…bear, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) bear, large mammal of the family Ursidae in the order Carnivora, found almost exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere. Bears have large heads, bulky bodies, massive hindquarters, short…African Americans in the 111th Congress
A list of the African-Americans serving in the 111th Congress. There are 42 black members in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate. State House…John Moses Browning Biography
John Moses Browninggunsmith, inventorBorn: 1/21/1855Birthplace: Ogden, Utah Raised by Mormon parents, he made his first gun from scrap iron at age 13. He founded the Browning Brothers Company…Brown Meggs 1997 Deaths
Brown Meggsrecording executive, writer As an executive at Capitol Records in the 1960s, Meggs signed The Beatles. After resigning from Capitol, Meggs went on to publish several novels,…Browning Ross 1998 Deaths
Browning RossAge: 74 formed the Philadelphia Road Runners Club in 1957 which expanded into a national organization a year later and became what is today the 180,000-member Road Runners Club…Claude Brown 2002 Deaths
Claude BrownAge: 64 writer who vividly chronicled his experiences growing up poor in Harlem alongside drug dealers, murderers, and prostitutes in his 1965 bestseller Manchild in the Promised…Trending
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