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Mapu, Abraham
(Encyclopedia) Mapu, AbrahamMapu, Abrahammäˈp&oomacr; [key], 1808–67, Lithuanian novelist who wrote in Hebrew. For many years an impoverished, itinerant schoolmaster, Mapu gained financial…Loeb, Solomon
(Encyclopedia) Loeb, SolomonLoeb, Solomonlōb [key], 1828–1903, American banker, b. Germany. After he came (1849) to the United States, he settled in Cincinnati and became wealthy as a dry-goods…Duke University
(Encyclopedia) Duke University, at Durham, N. C.; coeducational; opened 1838, chartered 1841 as Union Institute in Randolph County. Reorganized 1852 as Normal College, it became Trinity College (…Hugenberg, Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Hugenberg, AlfredHugenberg, Alfredälˈfrĕt h&oomacr;ˈgənbĕrkh [key], 1865–1951, German financier and politician. He was president of the directorate of the Krupp firm (1909–18),…Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st ViscountRothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscountrŏᵺˈərmēr [key], 1868–1940, English publisher. He was the financial wizard of the…Fargo
(Encyclopedia) Fargo, city (2020 pop. 125,990), seat of Cass co., E N.Dak., at the head of navigation on the Red River, opposite Moorhead, Minn.; inc.…Gonâve, La
(Encyclopedia) Gonâve, La, oblong island (1991 est. pop. 79,188), 254 sq mi (658 sq km), in the Gulf of Gonaïves, Ouest dept., W Haiti. The largest of Hispaniola's smaller neighboring islands, it is…Campinas
(Encyclopedia) Campinas Campinas kəmpēˈnəs [key], city, São Paulo state, S Brazil. It is a growing industrial…capital levy
(Encyclopedia) capital levy, form of taxation by which the government takes part of the capital of any person or business, as distinguished from a tax on personal or business income. It is usually…Wells, David Ames
(Encyclopedia) Wells, David Ames, 1828–98, American economist, b. Springfield, Mass., grad. Williams, 1847, and Lawrence Scientific School, Cambridge, Mass., 1851. Early in life he wrote several…Trending
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