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Holm, Jeanne Marjorie
(Encyclopedia) Holm, Jeanne Marjorie, 1921–2010, U.S. military officer, the first female general in the U.S. air force, b. Portland, Oreg. Enlisting in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942, she…Wise, Stephen Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874–1949, American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader, b. Budapest, grad. College of the City of New York, 1891, Ph.D. Columbia, 1901. He served as a rabbi in New…Reed, Thomas Brackett
(Encyclopedia) Reed, Thomas Brackett, 1839–1902, American legislator, b. Portland, Maine. A lawyer, he served in the state assembly (1868–69) and state senate (1870) and became (1870–73) state…Allen, Paul Gardner
(Encyclopedia) Allen, Paul Gardner, 1953–2018, American business executive and philanthropist, b. Seattle. He dropped out of Washington State Univ. (1974) and with his friend Bill Gates co-founded (…Team by Team Statistics for Basketball, 2000-2001: Portland Trailblazers
GmFG%TptsPPGRPGAPGRasheed Wallace77.501147719.27.82.8Steve Smith81.456110513.63.42.6Damon Stoudamire82.434106613.03.75.7Bonzi Wells75.53395012.74.92.8Scottie Pippen64.45172111.35.24.6Arvydas…Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
(Encyclopedia) Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, railroad system in much of the United States (except the Northeast) and in S Canada, created in 1995 from the merger of Burlington Northern Inc.…Gruening, Ernest Henry
(Encyclopedia) Gruening, Ernest HenryGruening, Ernest Henrygrēnˈĭng [key], 1887–1974, American political leader, governor of Alaska (1939–53), and U.S. Senator (1959–69), b. New York City. He became…Middletown, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Middletown. 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 42,762), Middlesex co., central Conn., on the west bank of the Connecticut River; settled 1650, inc. 1784, town and city consolidated 1923. Its…Bond, William Cranch
(Encyclopedia) Bond, William Cranch, 1789–1859, American astronomer, b. Portland, Maine. He early aided his father in the trades of silversmith and clockmaker in Boston. He soon became an expert in…Rutan, Burt
(Encyclopedia) Rutan, Burt (Elbert Leander Rutan)Rutan, Burtr&oomacr;ˈtăn [key], 1943–, American aerospace engineer, b. Portland, Oreg., grad. California Polytechnic Univ. (B.S. 1965). From 1965…Trending
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