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Shoreview

(Encyclopedia) Shoreview, residential village (1990 pop. 24,587), Ramsey co., SE Minn., a suburb of St. Paul; settled 1850, set off from Mounds View and inc. 1957. Built around seven lakes, the…

Clark, William Andrews

(Encyclopedia) Clark, William Andrews, 1839–1925, U.S. Senator and copper magnate, b. Fayette co., Pa. He moved to Montana, where he amassed a large fortune from the development of copper mines. He…

Kremer, Michael Robert

(Encyclopedia) Kremer, Michael Robert, 1964–, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Harvard, 1992. After serving as a postdoctoral fellow (1992–93) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…

Levittown

(Encyclopedia) LevittownLevittownlĕvˈət-tounˌ [key]. 1 Uninc. residential city (1990 pop. 53,286), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island; founded 1947. Originally about 7 sq mi (18 sq km) of potato…

Flagler, Henry Morrison

(Encyclopedia) Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830–1913, American financier and real-estate developer, b. Hopewell, near Canandaigua, N.Y. As a youth he struck out for himself in Ohio. After trying the…

Food and Agriculture Organization

(Encyclopedia) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), specialized agency of the United Nations, established in 1945. Its headquarters is in Rome, and it has a number of regional, subregional, and…

Blobel, Günter

(Encyclopedia) Blobel, GünterBlobel, Güntergünˈtər blōˈbəl [key], 1936–2018, German cell and molecular biologist, M.D. Univ. of Tübingen, 1960, Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1967. Blobel was on…

physical fitness

(Encyclopedia) physical fitness, combined good health and physical development. The object of any program of physical fitness is to maximize an individual's health, strength, endurance, and skill…

Schongauer, Martin

(Encyclopedia) Schongauer, MartinSchongauer, Martinmärˈtēn shōnˈgou-ər [key], 1430–91, German engraver and painter, son of a goldsmith of Colmar, Alsace. Schongauer's only certain painting is Madonna…

Sen, Amartya Kumar

(Encyclopedia) Sen, Amartya Kumar, 1933–, Indian economist, b. Bengal, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1959. He has taught at Jadavpur Univ.,…