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Northbrook
(Encyclopedia) Northbrook, village (1990 pop. 32,308), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; settled 1836. It was incorporated as Shermerville in 1901 and was reincorporated as Northbrook in 1923.…managed health care
(Encyclopedia) managed health care, system of health-care delivery that aims to control costs by assigning set fees for services, monitoring the need for procedures such as tests and surgical…American Automobile Association
(Encyclopedia) American Automobile Association (AAA), federation of American automobile clubs, est. 1902. AAA provides a number of benefits to its members, including emergency road service; national…Percent of Americans Without Health Insurance by State, 2013
The following table lists the percent of Americans who did not have health-insurance coverage in 2013. Data is listed by state. State 2013…Americans Without Health Insurance by Characteristic, 2010 and 2013
The following table lists the percent of Americans without health insurance for 2010 and 2013 by characteristic, including age, race and ethnicity, nativity, and work status…Jenney, William Le Baron
(Encyclopedia) Jenney, William Le Baron, 1832–1907, American engineer and architect, b. Fairhaven, Mass. He studied at Harvard Scientific School and the École des Beaux-Arts. Later he learned…Overland Park
(Encyclopedia) Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel,…Fish, Stuyvesant
(Encyclopedia) Fish, StuyvesantFish, Stuyvesantstīˈvəsənt [key], 1851–1923, American railroad executive, b. New York City; son of Hamilton Fish (1808–93). He became (1877) a director of the Illinois…Wausau
(Encyclopedia) WausauWausauwôˈsô [key], city (1990 pop. 37,060), seat of Marathon co., central Wis., on the Wisconsin River; settled 1839, inc. 1872. It is an industrial, commercial, insurance, and…Johnson, John Harold
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, John Harold, 1918–2005, African-American magazine publisher, b. Arkansas City, Ark. The son of a mill worker, he began his career editing a Chicago insurance company magazine…