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(Encyclopedia) Whig party, one of the two major political parties of the United States in the second quarter of the 19th cent. By the time Fillmore had succeeded to the presidency, the…Top 50 Cities in the U.S. by Population & Rank
Top of Page Source: Getty ImagesThe United States is one of the largest countries in the world by land mass. It’s no surprise that some of the world’s largest cities are located there. What are the…Pulitzer Prizes: News Photography
Winners from 1942 to present 1942 Milton Brooks (Detroit News) 1943 Frank…Roth, Philip
(Encyclopedia) Roth, Philip (Philip Milton Roth), 1933–2018, American author, one of the most important novelists of the 20th cent., b. Newark, N.J., B.A. Bucknell Univ., 1954, M.A. Univ. of Chicago…root, in botany
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Longitudinal cross section of a root root, in botany, the descending axis of a plant, as contrasted with the stem, the ascending axis. In most plants the root is underground,…beach
(Encyclopedia) beach, a gently sloping zone where deposits of unconsolidated sediments are subject to wave action at the shore of an ocean or lake. Most of the sediment making up a beach is supplied…Assange, Julian Paul
(Encyclopedia) Assange, Julian Paul Assange, Julian Paul äsänjˈ [key], 1971–, Australian Internet journalist and activist, founder of WikiLeaks, a whistleblower website…migrant labor
(Encyclopedia) migrant labor, term applied in the United States to laborers who travel from place to place harvesting crops that must be picked as soon as they ripen. Although migrant labor patterns…Colbert, Jean Baptiste
(Encyclopedia) Colbert, Jean BaptisteColbert, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ [key]Colbert, Jean Baptiste kôlbĕrˈ [key], 1619–83, French statesman. The son of a draper, he was trained in business and was…dredging
(Encyclopedia) dredging, process of excavating materials underwater. It is used to deepen waterways, harbors, and docks and for mining alluvial mineral deposits, including tin, gold, and diamonds.…Trending
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