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De Croo, Alexander

(Encyclopedia) De Croo, Alexander, 1975–, Belgian political leader. He worked for the Boston Consulting Group (1999–2006) and his own management consulting firm (2006–9) before entering politics. The…

Herman Talmadge 2002 Deaths

Herman TalmadgeAge: 88 Democratic politician who served as governor of Georgia and four terms as a U.S. senator. Died: Hampton, Ga., March 21, 2002Yevgeny SvetlanovR - ZFred Taylor

Herman Klurfeld 2006 Deaths

Herman KlurfeldAge: 90 ghostwriter for famous newspaper columnist Walter Winchell for almost three decades, starting in 1936.Died: Boca Raton, Fla., Dec. 18, 2006Jeane KirkpatrickG - LDon…

Herman Russell Branson Biography

Herman Russell BransonphysicistBorn: 1914Birthplace: Pocahontas, Va. As chair of the Department of Physics at Howard University, Herman Branson helped the scientific community gain new insight into…

George Herman 2005 Deaths

George HermanAge: 85 journalist who worked for CBS for 43 years as a correspondent and the moderator of Face the Nation. Died: Washington, D.C., Feb. 8, 2005Al HeldG - LPaul Hester

Pee-Wee Herman Biography

Pee-Wee Herman(Paul Reubens, Paul Reubenfeld)actor, comedian, writerBorn: 8/27/1952Birthplace: Peekskill, New York Reubens launched his career while performing with an improvisational comedy…

Campaign 2012

    Election history and statistics, candidates, and party politics     Presidential Candidates Democratic Barack Obama Republican…

Frasch process

(Encyclopedia) Frasch processFrasch processfräsh [key] [for Herman Frasch, the German-American chemist who devised it], process for the extraction of sulfur from subsurface deposits. Three pipes, one…

Fokker, Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Fokker, AnthonyFokker, Anthonyfôkˈər [key], 1890–1939, Dutch-American aircraft manufacturer, b. Kediri, Java, as Anton Herman Gerard Fokker. He established aircraft factories in…

Pittsfield

(Encyclopedia) Pittsfield, city (1990 pop. 48,622), seat of Berkshire co., W Mass., between mountain ranges, on branches of the Housatonic River; inc. as a town 1761, as a city 1889. The city is the…