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Rose, Pete
(Encyclopedia) Rose, Pete (Peter Edward Rose), 1941–, American baseball player, b. Cincinnati. The National League Rookie of the Year in 1963 and Most Valuable Player in 1973, Rose was a switch…Ravalomanana, Marc
(Encyclopedia) Ravalomanana, MarcRavalomanana, Marcmärk rävälōmänänˈ [key], 1949–, Malagasy political leader. He made a fortune manufacturing dairy products and began his political career in 1999…essay
(Encyclopedia) essay, relatively short literary composition in prose, in which a writer discusses a topic, usually restricted in scope, or tries to persuade the reader to accept a particular point of…Elmira
(Encyclopedia) Elmira Elmira ĕlmīˈrə [key], city (2020 pop. 26,523), seat of Chemung co., extreme S central…cuesta
(Encyclopedia) cuestacuestakwĕsˈtə [key], asymmetric ridge characterized by a short, steep escarpment on one side, and a long, gentle slope on the other. The steep side exposes the edge of erosion-…Brooks, Van Wyck
(Encyclopedia) Brooks, Van WyckBrooks, Van Wyckvăn wĭkˈ [key], 1886–1963, American critic, b. Plainfield, N.J., grad. Harvard, 1908. His first book, The Wine of the Puritans (1909), presented the…Bunau-Varilla, Philippe Jean
(Encyclopedia) Bunau-Varilla, Philippe JeanBunau-Varilla, Philippe Jeanfēlēpˈ zhäN bünōˈ-värēyäˈ [key], 1859–1940, French engineer, prominent in the Panama Canal controversy. An engineer after 1884…Afrofuturism
(Encyclopedia) Afrofuturism, artistic and cultural movement that is based on the wedding of African diasporic themes with modern technology and elements of science fiction and fantasy.…Stuyvesant, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Stuyvesant, PeterStuyvesant, Peterstīˈvəsənt [key], c.1610–1672, Dutch director-general of New Netherland. He served as governor of Curaçao and lost a leg in an expedition against St.…Noble Andrew HULL, Congress, FL (1827-1907)
HULL Noble Andrew , a Representative from Florida; born in Little York, Camden County, Ga., March 11, 1827; attended the county schools and Chatham Academy, Savannah, Ga.; engaged in mercantile…Trending
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