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Cale Young Rice: Kinchinjunga

Kinchinjunga(Which is the next highest of mountains)Cale Young RiceIO white Priest of Eternity, around Whose lofty summit veiling clouds arise Of the earth's immemorial sacrifice To Brahma in…

Condoleezza Rice, 2005 News

public official, was confirmed as secretary of state in January, despite Democratic criticism that she overlooked warnings of an al-Qaeda attack prior to Sept. 11 and for her role in the…

Condoleezza Rice, 2004 News

national security adviser, testified before the commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in April. During the often contentious questioning, she said that although the…

The Devil's Dictionary: Rice-water

by Ambrose Bierce RIBROASTERRICHRICE-WATER -n. A mystic beverage secretly used by our most popular novelists and poets to regulate the imagination and narcotize the conscience. It is said…

Pereira, I. Rice

(Encyclopedia) Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice Pereira)Pereira, I. Ricepərāˈrə [key], 1907–71, American painter, b. Chelsea, Mass. In 1935, Pereira helped found the Federal Art Project design laboratory…

Isaacs, Susan Sutherland

(Encyclopedia) Isaacs, Susan Sutherland, 1885–1948, British educator. After studying at the universities of Manchester and Cambridge, she became a lecturer in early childhood education. A disciple of…

Shaw, Anna Howard

(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847–1919, American woman-suffrage leader, b. England. She emigrated (1851) to the United States in early childhood and grew up on a farm in Michigan. She received a…

Rice, Jerry Lee

(Encyclopedia) Rice, Jerry Lee, 1962–, American football player, b. Crawford, Miss. Winning national attention while at the otherwise obscure Mississippi Valley State College, Itta Bena, Miss., Rice…

Who's the Last <i>Survivor</i>?

A look back at Infoplease predictions for the final castaway by Gerry Brown These Predictions Were Made in the Summer of 2000. #1 Pick: Susan #2 Pick: Richard #…

U.S. Representatives to the United Nations

Year Ambassador 1946 Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. 1946-1947 Herschel V. Johnson (acting) 1947-1953 Warren R. Austin 1953-1960 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 1960-1961 James J.…