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Benjamin Everett JORDAN, Congress, NC (1896-1974)
Senate Years of Service: 1958-1973 Party: Democrat JORDAN Benjamin Everett , a Senator from North Carolina; born in Ramseur, Randolph County, N.C., September 8, 1896; attended the public schools…United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
(Encyclopedia) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), agency of the United Nations, with headquarters in Amman, Jordan and Gaza City, Gaza Strip.…Kirkwood, Samuel Jordan
(Encyclopedia) Kirkwood, Samuel Jordan, 1813–94, American politician, b. Harford co., Md. Moving to Ohio in 1835, he served (1845–49) as prosecuting attorney for Richland co. and was a member (1850–…Transjordan
(Encyclopedia) Transjordan or Transjordania: see Jordan.Crittenden, John Jordan
(Encyclopedia) Crittenden, John Jordan, 1787–1863, U.S. public official, b. Woodford co., Ky. A Kentucky legislator (1811–17), Crittenden entered the U.S. Senate (1817–19) but resigned to resume…Yarmuk
(Encyclopedia) YarmukYarmukyärm&oomacr;kˈ [key], river, c.50 mi (80 km) long, rising near the Jordan-Syria border and flowing generally W to the Jordan River, S of the Sea of Galilee. One of the…Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-
(Encyclopedia) Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-äˈb&oomacr; m&oomacr;säb äl-zärkäˈwē [key], nom de guerre of Ahmad Fadhil Nazzar al-Khalaylah, 1966–2006, Islamic terrorist leader,…Jogbehah
(Encyclopedia) JogbehahJogbehahjŏgˈbēhä [key], in the Bible, town, E of the Jordan River, NW of Amman (Jordan).Arlen, Michael
(Encyclopedia) Arlen, Michael, 1895–1956, English novelist, b. Bulgaria as Dikran Kuyumjian. The son of Armenian parents, he was brought to England as a child. In 1922 he became a British subject and…Ghor, the
(Encyclopedia) Ghor, the, Arabic Al Ghawr, region of the Jordan Valley, c.70 mi (110 km) long, between the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) and the Dead Sea, on the border of Jordan and Israel and the…Trending
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