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WorldIndia and the U.S. Agree on Nuclear Pact (March 2): Controversial deal allows India to buy nuclear fuel and components. In exchange, India will separate its nuclear energy program from…Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley
(Encyclopedia) Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley, 1882–1944, British astronomer and physicist. He was chief assistant (1906–13) at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and was from 1913 Plumian professor of…Johnston Atoll
(Encyclopedia) Johnston Atoll, atoll, 2.8 sq mi (7.25 sq km), central Pacific, c.700 nautical mi (1,300 km) SW of Honolulu, central Pacific, an uninc. territory of the United States. It consists of…Munk, Walter Heinrich
(Encyclopedia) Munk, Walter Heinrich, 1917–2019, American oceanographer and geophysicist, b. Vienna (then in Austria-Hungary), B.S. California Institute of Technology, 1939, Ph.D Univ. of California…Newport News
(Encyclopedia) Newport News, independent city (1990 pop. 170,045), SE Va., on the Virginia peninsula, at the mouth of the James River, off Hampton Roads, near Norfolk; inc. 1896. It is a port for…Nitze, Paul Henry
(Encyclopedia) Nitze, Paul HenryNitze, Paul Henrynĭtˈsə [key], 1907–2004, American public official, b. Amherst, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1927. After working in investment banking, he entered government…Bloembergen, Nicolaas
(Encyclopedia) Bloembergen, NicolaasBloembergen, Nicolaasnēˈkəläs bl&oomacr;mˈbĕrgən, –bûrgən [key], 1920–2017, American physicist, b. Dordrecht, the Netherlands. Educated in the Netherlands, he…Carlsbad, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Carlsbad Carlsbad kärlzˈbăd [key]. 1 City (2020 pop. 114,746), San Diego co., S Calif…Palme, Olof
(Encyclopedia) Palme, Olof (Sven Olof Joachim Palme)Palme, Olof&oomacr;ˈlôf pälˈmə [key], 1927–86, Swedish political leader, prime minister of Sweden (1969–76, 1982–86). Palme joined the Social…Oswego, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) OswegoOswegoŏswēˈgō [key], city (1990 pop. 19,195), seat of Oswego co., N central N.Y., on Lake Ontario and the Oswego River; founded 1722, inc. as a city 1848. The largest U.S. port…Trending
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