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(Encyclopedia) AARP, a nonprofit, nonpartisan national organization dedicated to “enriching the experience of aging”; membership is open to people age 50 or older. Founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy…Horgan, Paul
(Encyclopedia) Horgan, Paul (Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan), 1903–95, American writer, b. Buffalo, N.Y. His diverse works reflect his fascination with the effects of history and landscape…Kai Islands
(Encyclopedia) Kai Islands or Kei IslandsKei Islandsboth: kī [key], island group (c.550 sq mi/ 1,420 sq km), E Indonesia, SE of Seram, in the Banda Sea, in the Moluccas. It is densely forested with…Nilotes
(Encyclopedia) NilotesNilotesnīlōˈtēz [key], people of E Africa who speak Nilotic languages. Among these are the Nuer and the Masai. The most prominent Nilotic ethnic groups live in South Sudan, N…Munch, Andreas Peder
(Encyclopedia) Munch, Andreas PederMunch, Andreas Pederändrāˈäs pāˈdər m&oomacr;ngk [key], 1810–63, Norwegian historian and philologist. A principal figure in the Norwegian literary revival, he…Limann, Hilla
(Encyclopedia) Limann, HillaLimann, Hillahĭlˈə lēˈmän [key], 1934–98, president of Ghana (1979–81). In 1979, after seven years of military rule, Ghana's new military leader, Jerry Rawlings, handed…Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
(Encyclopedia) Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836–1907, American author and editor, b. Portsmouth, N.H. His most widely read work was The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), a vigorous narrative based on his own…Ajaccio
(Encyclopedia) Ajaccio Ajaccio äyätˈchō [key], town, capital of Corse-du-Sud dept., France, on the Isle of Corsica. A year-round tourist attraction, Ajaccio also has…Amorites
(Encyclopedia) AmoritesAmoritesămˈərīts [key], a people of Canaan. There is evidence of them in Babylonia, where in the 19th cent. b.c. they established under their patronage the first dynasty at…American Philosophical Society
(Encyclopedia) American Philosophical Society, first scientific society in America, founded (1743) in Philadelphia. It was an outgrowth of the Junto formed (1727) by Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was…Trending
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