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African music

(Encyclopedia) African music, the music of the indigenous peoples of Africa. Sub-Saharan African music has as its distinguishing feature a rhythmic complexity common to no other region. Polyrhythmic…

bond

(Encyclopedia) bond, in finance, usually a formal certificate of indebtedness issued in writing by governments or business corporations in return for loans. It bears interest and promises to pay a…

United States Naval Academy

(Encyclopedia) United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Md.; for training young men and women to be officers of the U.S. navy or marine corps. George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy, founded and…

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…

Tlingit

(Encyclopedia) TlingitTlingittlĭngˈgĭt [key], group of related Native North American tribes, speaking a language that forms a branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American languages).…

A-D

Spencer AbrahamDaniel Kahikina Akaka Archibald Alphonso AlexanderSamuel A. Alito, Jr. Paula Gunn AllenKing Abdullah AmanirenasStephen AmbroseMary AntinSusan B. Anthony Virginia ApgarJames…

2000 Deaths: R - Z

Leah RabinJean-Pierre RampalJohn Morris RankinZeljko RaznatovicKeith ReemtsmaSteve ReevesNicole ReinhartTatiana RiabouchinskaMaurice (Rocket) RichardBeah RichardsJerome RichardsonChristopher…

Truman Handy NEWBERRY, Congress, MI (1864-1945)

Senate Years of Service: 1919-1922 Party: Republican NEWBERRY Truman Handy , a Senator from Michigan; born in Detroit, Mich., November 5, 1864; attended public and private schools; graduated from…