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Gates, Horatio
(Encyclopedia) Gates, Horatio, c.1727–1806, American Revolutionary general, b. Maldon, Essex, England. Entering the British army at an early age, he fought in America in the French and Indian War and…Kremer, Michael Robert
(Encyclopedia) Kremer, Michael Robert, 1964–, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Harvard, 1992. After serving as a postdoctoral fellow (1992–93) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
(Encyclopedia) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, philanthropic institution founded in 1994 by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, to improve the lives of the poor throughout the…Cilician Gates
(Encyclopedia) Cilician GatesCilician Gatessĭlĭshˈən [key], Turk. Külek Boğazi, mountain pass, S Turkey, leading across the Taurus range. Known to the ancients as the Pylae Ciliciae, it follows the…Gates Foundation
(Encyclopedia) Gates Foundation: see Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Gates, Sir Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Gates, Sir Thomas, fl. 1585–1621, English colonial governor of Virginia. He was knighted for his services under the 2d earl of Essex in the successful expedition against Cádiz in 1596…Joel M. HEFLEY, Congress, CO (1935)
HEFLEY Joel M. , a Representative from Colorado; born in Ardmore, Carter County, Okla., April 18, 1935; B.A., Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Okla., 1957; M.S., Oklahoma State University,…Brewer's: Stranger of the Gate
(The). (See under Proselyte.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Strangers SacrificedStrange A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…Brewer's: Panton Gates
Old as Panton Gates. A corruption of Panton Gates at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PantryPantomime A B C D E F G H I J K L M…Brewer's: Hell Gate
A dangerous passage between Great Barn Island and Long Island, North America. The Dutch settlers of New York called it Hoellgat (whirling-gut) corrupted into Hell-gate. Flood Rock, its…Trending
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