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Mohammed bin Salman
(Encyclopedia) Mohammed bin Salman, 1985–, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, b. Riyadh. The son of King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, he received a law degree from King Saud Univ. (2007) and then worked in…Nightingale, Florence
(Encyclopedia) Nightingale, Florence, 1820–1910, English nurse, the founder of modern nursing, b. Florence, Italy. Her life was dedicated to the care of the sick and war wounded and to the promotion…Nobel, Alfred Bernhard
(Encyclopedia) Nobel, Alfred BernhardNobel, Alfred Bernhardälˈfrĕd bĕrnˈhärd nōbĕlˈ [key], 1833–96, Swedish chemist and inventor. Educated in St. Petersburg, Russia, he traveled as a youth and…Lagarde, Christine
(Encyclopedia) Lagarde, Christine (Christine Madeleine Odette Lallouette Lagarde)Lagarde, Christinekrĭstēnˈ lägärdˈ [key], 1956–, French lawyer and government official, the first woman to head the…Sachs, Jeffrey David
(Encyclopedia) Sachs, Jeffrey DavidSachs, Jeffrey Davidsăks [key], 1954–, American economist, b. Detroit; grad. Harvard (B.A. 1976, M.A. 1978, Ph.D. 1980). He joined the Harvard faculty in 1980, and…Agent Orange
(Encyclopedia) Agent Orange, herbicide used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War to expose enemy guerrilla forces in forested areas. Agent Orange contains varying amounts of dioxin. Exposure to the…workers' compensation
(Encyclopedia) workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. The…Teamsters Union
(Encyclopedia) Teamsters Union, U.S. labor union formed in 1903 by the amalgamation of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union. Its full name is the International…DeLay, Tom
(Encyclopedia) DeLay, Tom (Thomas Dale DeLay), 1947–, American politician, b. Laredo, Tex., grad. Univ. of Houston (B.S., 1970). A conservative Republican businessman, he entered politics (1979) as a…Safra
(Encyclopedia) Safra, family of Brazilian bankers with Sephardic Jewish roots. They began as merchant bankers in Syria and Lebanon, financing caravans throughout the Middle East. The Safras are also…Trending
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