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(Encyclopedia) PrilepPrilepprēˈlĕp [key], city (1994 pop. 71,899), North Macedonia. It is the trade center of an agricultural region and a manufacturing city where tobacco, textiles, wine, and fruit…Otis, Bass
(Encyclopedia) Otis, Bass, 1784–1861, American portrait painter and mezzotint engraver, b. Bridgewater, Mass. He probably produced the first lithograph in America, a portrait of the Rev. Abner…Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg
(Encyclopedia) Albrechtsberger, Johann GeorgAlbrechtsberger, Johann Georgyōˈhän gāˈôrk älˈbrĕkhtsbĕrˌgər [key], 1736–1809, Austrian musical theorist, teacher, and composer. He became (1772) court…Gervase of Canterbury
(Encyclopedia) Gervase of CanterburyGervase of Canterburyjûrˈvāz, jərvāzˈ [key], d. c.1210, English chronicler. A monk of Christ Church, Cambridge, he wrote an account of the reigns of Stephen, Henry…Andronicus III
(Encyclopedia) Andronicus III (Andronicus Palaeologus), c.1296–1341, Byzantine emperor (1328–41), grandson of Andronicus II, whom he deposed after a series of civil wars. His chief minister was John…Fields Medal Winners
The Fields Medal, considered the Nobel Prize of math, has been awarded quadrennially since 1936 by the International Congress of Mathematicians to recognize outstanding mathematics…Cabinet Members Under G. H. W. Bush
Secretary of State James A. Baker 3d, 1989Lawrence S. Eagleburger, 1992Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas F. Brady (Cont.)Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney, 1989Attorney General Richard L.…Charles G. Bakaly 3rd, 2000 News
former spokesman for Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, was charged with criminal contempt of court in July for allegedly lying about leaking information to the New York Times regarding Starr's…William G. ANGEL, Congress, NY (1790-1858)
ANGEL William G. , a Representative from New York; born in New Shoreham, Block Island, R.I., July 17, 1790; moved with his parents to Litchfield, Otsego County, N.Y., in 1792; attended the…Paul G. KIRK, Jr., Congress, MA (1938)
Senate Years of Service: 2009-2010 Party: Democrat KIRK Paul G., Jr. , a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Newton, Mass., January 18, 1938; B.A., Harvard University, 1960; J.D., Harvard Law…Trending
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