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Pelée

(Encyclopedia) PeléePeléepəlāˈ [key], volcano, 4,429 ft (1,350 m) high, on N Martinique, in the West Indies. On May 8, 1902, the day after the eruption of Soufrière on St. Vincent, Pelée also erupted…

Soloviev, Vladimir Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia) Soloviev, Vladimir SergeyevichSoloviev, Vladimir Sergeyevichvlədyēˈmĭr sĭrgāˈəvĭch sələvyôfˈ [key], 1853–1900, Russian religious philosopher and poet; son of Sergei Mikhailovich…

ergonomics

(Encyclopedia) ergonomics, the engineering science concerned with the physical and psychological relationship between machines and the people who use them. The ergonomicist takes an empirical…

Bevan, Aneurin

(Encyclopedia) Bevan, AneurinBevan, Aneurinənīˈrĭn bĕˈvən [key], 1897–1960, British political leader. A coal miner and trade unionist, he served (1929–60) in Parliament as a member of the Labour…

The House of Representatives — 110th Congress

In the following lists, the numeral indicates the congressional district represented; AL is for representatives at large. All terms run from Jan. 2007 to Jan. 2009. See also: Current and…

bureaucracy

(Encyclopedia) bureaucracybureaucracyby&oobreve;rŏkˈrəsē [key], the administrative structure of any large organization, public or private. Ideally bureaucracy is characterized by hierarchical…

Young, Iris Marion

(Encyclopedia) Young, Iris Marion, 1949–2006, American philosopher and political theorist, b. New York, Ph.D. Penn State University, 1974. An activist-…

Presidential Pardons

An explanation of the power to pardon granted to U.S. presidents by the Constitution President Gerald Ford testifying before the House Judicial Committee about his pardoning of former president…