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Watson, James Dewey

(Encyclopedia) Watson, James Dewey, 1928–, American biologist and educator, b. Chicago, Ill., grad. Univ. of Chicago, 1947, Ph.D. Univ. of Indiana, 1950. With F. H. C. Crick he began (1951) research…

stalactite and stalagmite

(Encyclopedia) stalactitestalactitestəlăkˈtīt [key] and stalagmitestalagmitestəlăgˈmīt [key], mineral forms often found in caves; sometimes collectively called dripstone. A stalactite is an icicle-…

West Nile virus

(Encyclopedia) West Nile virus, microorganism and the infection resulting from it, which typically produces no symptoms or a flulike condition. The virus is a flavivirus and is related to a number of…

Brewer's: Suffrage

means primarily the hough or pastern of a horse; so called because it bends under, and not over, like the knee-joint. When a horse is lying down and wants to rise on his legs, it is this…

Albert Conrad ULLMAN, Congress, OR (1914-1986)

ULLMAN Albert Conrad , a Representative from Oregon; born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., March 9, 1914; attended the public schools in Snohomish, Wash; graduated from Whitman College, Walla…

What's New in Taxes This Year? Part 2

Home Sales If you sold your main home in 1998 and all four of the following apply, you do not have to report the sale on your tax return. No part of the home was used for business or rental…

Russell Billiu LONG, Congress, LA (1918-2003)

Senate Years of Service: 1948-1987 Party: Democrat LONG Russell Billiu , a Senator from Louisiana; born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., November 3, 1918; attended the public schools of…

ecumenical movement

(Encyclopedia) ecumenical movementecumenical movementĕkˌy&oomacr;mĕnˈĭkəl, ĕkˌyə– [key], name given to the movement aimed at the unification of the Protestant churches of the world and ultimately…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 16

Part 16I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others, Maternal as well as paternal, a child as well as a man, Stuff'd with the…

2015 Nobel Prize Winners

Related Links Nobel Prize History Nobel Prize History Quiz Nobel Peace Prize Winners Quiz Women Nobel Prize Winners Quiz…