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Corrigan, Mairead
(Encyclopedia) Corrigan, Mairead (Mairead Corrigan Maguire)Corrigan, Maireadmoiˈrə kôrˈĭgən [key], 1944–, Northern Irish peace activist, b. Belfast. Corrigan was a secretary and volunteer social…Afwerki, Isaias
(Encyclopedia) Afwerki or Afewerki, Isaias, 1945–, Eritrean political leader, president of Eritrea (1993–), b. Asmara. He studied engineering at the Univ. of Addis Ababa, leaving in 1966 to join the…Zelenskiy, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych
(Encyclopedia) Zelenskiy, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych, 1978–, Ukrainian political leader and entertainer, president of Ukraine (…Tupac Amaru
(Encyclopedia) Tupac AmaruTupac Amarut&oomacr;päkˈ ämäˈr&oomacr; [key], 1742?–1781, leader of indigenous peoples in the viceroyalty of Peru, baptized José Gabriel Condorcanqui. A man of some…Tangier, island, United States
(Encyclopedia) Tangier, island, E Va., in S Chesapeake Bay. Capt. John Smith first visited the island in 1608, and in 1620 settlers arrived from Cornwall, England. Isolated from the mainland, the…Mitochondrial Eve
(Encyclopedia) Mitochondrial Eve, in genetics, a theoretical female ancestor of all living people; see Eve, in genetics.Aenon
(Encyclopedia) AenonAenonēˈnŏn [key], in the New Testament, unidentified place, where John the Baptist baptized people.Y Chromosome Adam
(Encyclopedia) Y Chromosome Adam, in genetics, a theoretical male ancestor of all living people; see Eve, in genetics.Adam, in genetics
(Encyclopedia) Adam, in genetics, popular term for a theoretical male ancestor of all living people; see Eve, in genetics.stuttering
(Encyclopedia) stuttering or stammering, speech disorder marked by hesitation and inability to enunciate consonants without spasmodic repetition. Known technically as dysphemia, it has sometimes been…Trending
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