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Niyazov, Saparmurat
(Encyclopedia) Niyazov, SaparmuratNiyazov, Saparmuratsäpärˈm&oomacr;rätˌ nēyäˈzôf [key], 1940–2006, Soviet and Turkmen political leader, president of Turkmenistan (1991–2006). An engineer and…Lee Kun-Hee
(Encyclopedia) Lee Kun-Hee, 1942–2020, Korean business executive. After graduating from Waseda Univ., Tokyo, he went to work at Samsung, which his father had started (1938) as trading company dealing…Ban, Shigeru
(Encyclopedia) Ban, Shigeru, 1957–, Japanese architect. After graduating (1984) from the Cooper Union School of Architecture, New York City, he established (1985) a practice in Tokyo, later adding…Selected Essays in Black History: The Fruits of Industrial Training
Of the Training of Black Men The Negro in the Regular Army The Fruits of Industrial Training by Booker T. Washington The political, educational, social, and economic evolution…Runcorn
(Encyclopedia) Runcorn, city (1991 pop. 63,995), Halton, W England, on the Mersey River. It is located on the Manchester Ship Canal and is the terminus of the Bridgewater Canal, which is connected to…Advanced-Level Science Projects: Biology
BiologyAdvanced-Level Science ProjectsBiologyDo Plants Sweat Like People Do?What Types of Bacteria Are Found in Your House? Is the DNA of a Cow Different from a Chicken's? In This Section…Graves, Michael
(Encyclopedia) Graves, Michael, 1934–2015, American architect, b. Indianapolis, Ind., educated at the Univ. of Cincinnati and Harvard. He taught at Princeton from 1962 to 2002. Graves was a member of…Nouakchott
(Encyclopedia) NouakchottNouakchottnwäkshôtˈ [key], city (1991 est. pop. 500,000), capital of Mauritania and Nouakchott dist., W Mauritania, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Located between the Atlantic…land use
(Encyclopedia) land use, exploitation of land for agricultural, industrial, residential, recreational, or other purposes. Because the United States historically has a laissez-faire attitude toward…Mellon, Paul
(Encyclopedia) Mellon, Paul, 1907–99, American philanthropist and art collector, b. Pittsburgh. The son of Andrew W. Mellon, he attended Yale (B.A., 1929) and Clare College, Cambridge (A.B., 1931).…Trending
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