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Muller, Hermann Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Muller, Hermann JosephMuller, Hermann Josephmŭlˈər [key], 1890–1967, American geneticist and educator, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (B.A., 1910; Ph.D., 1916). A student of Thomas…

Black Mountain College

(Encyclopedia) Black Mountain College, former coeducational liberal arts college at Black Mountain, N.C., near Asheville. Founded (1933) by John Rice, also the school's first rector (1933–40), on the…

Borlaug, Norman Ernest

(Encyclopedia) Borlaug, Norman ErnestBorlaug, Norman Ernestbôrˈlôg [key], 1914–2009, U.S. agronomist, b. near Saude, Iowa, grad. Univ. of Minn. (Ph.D., 1942). He worked as researcher with the E. I.…

beriberi

(Encyclopedia) beriberiberiberibĕrˈēbĕrˈē [key], deficiency disease occurring when the human body has insufficient amounts of thiamine (vitamin B1). The deficiency may result from improper diet (e.g…

Bahariya

(Encyclopedia) Bahariya or BahariaBahariabäˌhärēˈə [key], oasis (1996 est. pop. 25,000), in the Libyan Desert, central Egypt, c.200 mi (322 km) south-southwest of Alexandria. Connected by numerous…

Sinaloa

(Encyclopedia) SinaloaSinaloasēnälōˈä [key], state (1990 pop. 2,204,054), 22,582 sq mi (58,487 sq km), W Mexico, on the Gulf of California and the Pacific Ocean. Culiacán is the capital. A long,…

Pahang

(Encyclopedia) PahangPahangpəhŭngˈ, –hăngˈ [key], state (1991 pop. 1,081,148), 13,920 sq mi (36,053 sq km), Malaysia, S Malay Peninsula, on the South China Sea. It is the largest state of West…

Women in Congress

See a complete of all the women who have served in the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Jeannette Rankin Hattie Caraway Shirley Chisholm Barbara Boxer…

Vincent DeDomenico Biography

food inventorDied: Oct. 18, 2007 (Napa, California) Best Known as: inventor of Rice-A-Roni Inventor of Rice-A-Roni, one of the classic kitchen helpers of…