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Ocean Drilling Program
(Encyclopedia) Ocean Drilling Program: see under Deep Sea Drilling Project.mid-ocean ridge
(Encyclopedia) mid-ocean ridge: see plate tectonics.Robinson, Frank
(Encyclopedia) Robinson, Frank, 1935–2019, American baseball player and manager, b. Beaumont, Tex. Entering major-league baseball as an outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds, Robinson was named the…Stella, Frank
(Encyclopedia) Stella, Frank, 1936–, American artist, b. Malden, Mass. In his early “black paintings” Stella exhibits the precision and rationality that characterized minimalism, employing parallel…Bainimarama, Frank
(Encyclopedia) Bainimarama, Frank (Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama)Bainimarama, Frankjōsäēˈä vôrĕnˈgĕ bīˌnēmäräˈmä [key] 1954–, Fijian naval officer and government leader. He rose through the ranks of the…Swinnerton, Frank
(Encyclopedia) Swinnerton, Frank, 1884–1982, English novelist and critic, b. Wood Green, Middlesex. In addition to serving variously as an editor and a drama critic he wrote over 30 novels. For half…Tannenbaum, Frank
(Encyclopedia) Tannenbaum, Frank, 1893–1969, American historian, b. Austria. He received his Ph.D. from the Brookings School of Economics in 1927. After an early career as a labor leader, journalist…Knox, Frank
(Encyclopedia) Knox, Frank (William Franklin Knox), 1874–1944, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1940–44), b. Boston. He joined the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War and also served in World War I.…McCourt, Frank
(Encyclopedia) McCourt, Frank, 1930–2009, Irish-American memoirist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. When McCourt was four his immigrant family returned to Ireland. He dropped out of school at 13 and had saved…Norris, Frank
(Encyclopedia) Norris, Frank (Benjamin Franklin Norris), 1870–1902, American novelist, b. Chicago. After studying in Paris, at the Univ. of California (1890–94), and at Harvard, he spent several…Trending
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