Search

Search results

Displaying 81 - 90

Alvin

(Encyclopedia) Alvin, city (2020 pop. 27,098), Brazoria co., S Tex.; inc. 1893. The city is chiefly residential but is near an agricultural area where rice, cotton, soybeans, and pecans…

Battambang

(Encyclopedia) BattambangBattambangbătˈəmbăng [key], city (1995 est. pop. 110,000), capital of Battambang prov., W Cambodia, in a great rice-growing area. The second largest city in Cambodia, it is a…

Hewish, Antony

(Encyclopedia) Hewish, Antony, 1924–, British astrophysicist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1952. Hewish spent his entire career as a faculty member at Cambridge, retiring in 1989. He shared the 1974 Nobel Prize…

Gunsan

(Encyclopedia) Gunsan or Kunsan Gunsan g&oobreve;nˈsänˈ [key], Jap. Gunzan, city, North Jeolla (Cholla) prov., SW…

2012 World News: Libya

Libya Holds First Post-Qaddafi Election; Embassy Attack Becomes Political Issue in the U.S. by Beth Rowen Christopher StevensRelated Links Libya Country…

Susan MOLINARI, Congress, NY (1958)

MOLINARI Susan , a Representative from New York; born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., March 27, 1958; graduated from St. Joseph Hill Academy, 1976; B.A., State University of New York,…

Susan Gordon Lydon 2005 Deaths

Susan Gordon LydonAge: 61 feminist and writer who was a founding editor of Rolling Stone magazine. Her essay, “The Politics of Orgasm,” which appeared in Ramparts magazine, remains a must-…

Jessore

(Encyclopedia) JessoreJessorejĕsōrˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 154,000), SW Bangladesh, on the Bhairab River. Modern Jessore, a market town for rice and sugar, also has rice and oilseed mills and…

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

(Encyclopedia) Burroughs, Edgar RiceBurroughs, Edgar Ricebûrˈōz [key], 1875–1950, American novelist, creator of the character Tarzan. He is the author of Tarzan of the Apes (1914) and numerous other…