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Iran Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Iran Index: People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Iranian Relations PEOPLEThe 1979 Islamic revolution and the…

2011 World News: North Korea

Major World News Stories of 2011 Kim Jong-ilRelated Links North Korea Country Profile 2011 Year in Review 2011 News of the…

Electrical Engineer (P. Finlon)

Paul Finlon Tell us about your work---what do you do? I work in the Nuclear Medical Division of a large company that manufactures Nuclear Medical…

January 2003

WorldBritain Arrests Terror Suspects (Jan. 5): Six arrested when police find traces of the toxic agent ricin in a London apartment. (Jan. 14): Three more arrested in Manchester. (Jan. 21):…

Morris, Robert, 1931–2018, American artist

(Encyclopedia) Morris, Robert (Robert Eugene Morris), 1931–2018, American artist, b. Kansas City, Mo., studied Kansas City Art Institute, California School of Fine Arts, Reed College. He settled in…

McPhee, John Angus

(Encyclopedia) McPhee, John Angus, 1931–, American journalist and nonfiction writer, b. Princeton, N.J., A.B. Princeton, 1953. He was an editor at Time magazine (1957–64) before becoming (1965) a…

Kamen, Martin David

(Encyclopedia) Kamen, Martin DavidKamen, Martin Davidkāˈmən [key], 1913–2002, American biochemist, b. Toronto, Canada, grad. Univ. of Chicago (B.S., Ph.D. 1937). He discovered carbon-14, the…

Rusk, Dean

(Encyclopedia) Rusk, Dean (David Dean Rusk), 1909–94, U.S. secretary of state (1961–69), b. Cherokee co., Ga. After teaching (1934–40) and serving in World War II, he entered (1946) the Dept. of…

Salam, Abdus

(Encyclopedia) Salam, Abdus, 1926–96, Pakistani physicist. After attending Government College at Lahore, he received a Ph.D. from Cambridge (1952). He taught in Lahore for three years before…