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Jewett, Sarah Orne

(Encyclopedia) Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849–1909, American novelist and short-story writer, b. South Berwick, Maine. Her studies of small-town New England life are perceptive, sympathetic, and gently…

Arnold, Henry Harley

(Encyclopedia) Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886–1950, American general, chief of the U.S. Army Air Forces (1942–46), known as “Hap” Arnold, B. Gladwyne, Pa., grad. West Point, 1907. Assigned (1911) to the…

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

(Encyclopedia) Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, vehicular suspension bridge, New York City, across the Narrows at the entrance to New York harbor, linking the boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island.…

Rooke, Sir George

(Encyclopedia) Rooke, Sir GeorgeRooke, Sir Georger&oobreve;k [key], 1650–1709, English admiral. In the War of the Grand Alliance he defeated a French fleet under the comte de Tourville in the…

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Sid AbelGary AdamsNat AdderleyCarl Bert AlbertSteve AllenForrest (Forddy) AndersonHyginus AnugoJohn AspinallHafez al-AssadVera AtkinsJacqueline AuriolHenry (Bunny) AustinWayne BaileySirimavo…

1998 Deaths: R - Z

Ellis RabbEddie RabbittEarl M. RamerJennings RandolphJames Earl RayGene RaymondBebe RebozoJheri ReddingEberhard F. M. ReesHugh ReillyClaude RetherfordRonald RidenhourRisen StarJerome RobbinsT…

Brewer's: Notarica

A principle by which the first letter of each word in the expression is used alone A. E. I. O. U.Austria's Empire Is Overall Universal. (See A. E. I. O. U.) ÆraA ER. A—i.e. Anno ERat…

Gadsden Purchase

(Encyclopedia) Gadsden PurchaseGadsden Purchasegădzˈdən [key], strip of land purchased (1853) by the United States from Mexico. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) had described the U.S.-Mexico…