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Mbeya

(Encyclopedia) Mbeya, city (2005 pop. 280,000), SW Tanzania. Located on the Tazara Railway, Mbeya was founded as a gold mining town in the 1920s. It is a market town for the fertile surrounding…

Jimmy Carter (January 16, 1981)

To the Congress of the United States: The State of the Union is sound. Our economy is recovering from a recession. A national energy plan is in place and our dependence on foreign oil is…

Carter, Ashton Baldwin

(Encyclopedia) Carter, Ashton Baldwin, 1954–, U.S. political scientist and government official, b. Philadephia, Pa. Trained as a theoretical physicist, he shifted to the study of ballistic missiles…

The Wage Gap in Pro Sports: Cashing In On Fame

by John Gettings Eighteen-year-old Martina Hingis, who earned $10.1 million in 1998, was the only female athlete to crack Forbes magazine's list of the top 40 highest-paid athletes. Related…

scrip

(Encyclopedia) scrip, temporary substitute for money, securities, or other valuable claims. Business enterprises and municipalities have at times, especially when short of cash, paid employees in…

Communist party, in Russia and the Soviet Union

(Encyclopedia) See L. Schapiro, The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2d ed. 1971); S. F. Cohen, Rethinking the Soviet Experience (1985); M. Geller, Utopia in Power (1986); S. Carter, Russian…

Tutankhamen

(Encyclopedia) Tutankhamen or TutenkhamonTutankhament&oomacr;tˌängkäˈmən, –ĕngk– [key], fl. c.1350 b.c., king of ancient Egypt, of the XVIII dynasty. He was the son-in-law of Ikhnaton and…

June 2002

WorldPeasants Die in Mexican Land Dispute (June 1): In a poor mountain village in Oaxaca, 26 men and boys die in an attack by armed members of a neighboring community. Arafat Outlines Plan to…

Atlanta campaign

(Encyclopedia) Atlanta campaign, May–Sept., 1864, of the U.S. Civil War. In the spring of 1864, Gen. W. T. Sherman concentrated the Union armies of G. H. Thomas, J. B. McPherson, and J. M. Schofield…