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Starrett, Paul
(Encyclopedia) Starrett, PaulStarrett, Paulstărˈĭt [key], 1866–1957, American builder, b. Lawrence, Kans. After serving (1903–22) as president of the George A. Fuller Company in Chicago, he opened…Orléans, Île d'
(Encyclopedia) Orléans, Île d'Orléans, Île d'ēl dôrlāäNˈ [key], or Orléans IslandOrléans IslandôrlāäNˈ, ôrˈlēənz [key], 20 mi (32 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S Que., Canada, in the St. Lawrence NE…Chaleur Bay
(Encyclopedia) Chaleur BayChaleur Bayshəl&oobreve;rˈ [key], inlet of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, c.85 mi (140 km) long and from 15 to 25 mi (24–40 km) wide, between N N.B. and the Gaspé Peninsula,…Edmund, Saint, 1170?–1240, English churchman, archbishop of Canterbury
(Encyclopedia) Edmund, Saint (Edmund Rich), 1170?–1240, English churchman, archbishop of Canterbury, b. Abingdon. He taught at Oxford. A forceful preacher, he successfully preached (1227) the crusade…Calvin, Melvin
(Encyclopedia) Calvin, Melvin, 1911–97, American organic chemist and educator, b. St. Paul, Minn., grad. Michigan College of Mining and Technology, 1931, Ph.D. Univ. of Minnesota, 1935. In 1937 he…Berra, Yogi
(Encyclopedia) Berra, Yogi (Lawrence Peter Berra)Berra, Yogibĕrˈə [key], 1925–2014, American baseball player and manager, b. St. Louis. An outstanding catcher with the New York Yankees (1946–63),…Waukegan
(Encyclopedia) WaukeganWaukeganwôkēˈgən [key], residential and industrial city (1990 pop. 69,392), seat of Lake co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1859. It has a good harbor and is the first port…Wells, David Ames
(Encyclopedia) Wells, David Ames, 1828–98, American economist, b. Springfield, Mass., grad. Williams, 1847, and Lawrence Scientific School, Cambridge, Mass., 1851. Early in life he wrote several…Lawrence Joseph DeNARDIS, Congress, CT (1938)
DENARDIS Lawrence Joseph , A Representative from Connecticut; born in New Haven, Conn., March 18, 1938; graduated from Hamden High School, Hamden, Conn., 1956; B.A., Holy Cross College, Worcester,…Frederick Lawrence GRANDY, Congress, IA (1948)
GRANDY Frederick Lawrence , a Representative from Iowa; born in Sioux City, Iowa, June 29, 1948; attended public schools; graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, 1966; graduated from Harvard…Trending
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