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Ripley, Robert LeRoy
(Encyclopedia) Ripley, Robert LeRoy, 1890–1949, American cartoonist, b. Santa Rosa, Calif., as Leroy Robert Ripley. The creator of the Believe It or Not! newspaper cartoon, Ripley began his career at…Hunt, Lamar
(Encyclopedia) Hunt, Lamar, 1932–2006, American business and sports executive, b. El Dorado, Ark. One of the Hunt brothers—sons of Texas oil magnate H. L. Hunt—Lamar Hunt had significant business…Miller, Marvin Julian
(Encyclopedia) Miller, Marvin Julian, 1917–2012, U.S. economist and labor leader, b. Bronx, N.Y., grad. New York Univ. (1938). He worked at the National War Labor Board during World War II, and later…Arosa
(Encyclopedia) Arosa Arosa ärōˈzä [key], town, alt. c.6,000 ft (1,830 m), Grisons canton, E Switzerland. It is a health resort and sports center.Gstaad
(Encyclopedia) GstaadGstaadkshtät [key], village, Bern canton, W Switzerland. It is a fashionable winter sports resort. Cheese and wood products are made in the village.Blatter, Sepp
(Encyclopedia) Blatter, Sepp (Joseph S. Blatter), 1936–, Swiss sports executive, grad. Univ. of Lausanne, 1959. He served as general secretary of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation and director of…Pontresina
(Encyclopedia) PontresinaPontresinapōntrāzēˈnä [key], village, Grisons canton, SE Switzerland, at the foot of the Bernina Alps. It is a summer and winter resort and sports center.Fagersta
(Encyclopedia) Fagersta Fagersta fäˈgərstäˌ [key], city, Västmanland co., S central Sweden. It is an industrial…skeleton, in winter sports
(Encyclopedia) skeleton, in winter sports, a type of small, very low, steel-frame sled on which one person, lying face down, slides headfirst down snowy hillsides or down steeply banked, curving,…Andermatt
(Encyclopedia) AndermattAndermattänˈdərmät [key], village, Uri canton, S central Switzerland. It is a road junction, health resort, and sports center. The St. Gotthard Tunnel runs beneath the village…Trending
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