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Bernstorff, Andreas Peter
(Encyclopedia) Bernstorff, Andreas PeterBernstorff, Andreas Peterändrāˈäs pāˈtər bĕrnsˈtôrf [key], 1735–97, Danish politician; nephew of Johann Hartwig Ernst Bernstorff. Made (1773) foreign minister…Liberal Republican party
(Encyclopedia) Liberal Republican party, in U.S. history, organization formed in 1872 by Republicans discontented at the political corruption and the policies of President Grant's first…Obregón, Álvaro
(Encyclopedia) Obregón, ÁlvaroObregón, Álvaroälˈvärō ōbrāgōnˈ [key], 1880–1928, Mexican general and president (1920–24). A planter in Sonora, he supported Francisco I. Madero in the revolution…Winfrey, Oprah
(Encyclopedia) Winfrey, Oprah, 1954–, African-American television host, actress, and media magnate, b. Kosciusko, Miss., as Orpah Gail Winfrey, grad. Tennessee State Univ. (1976). She began her…Simmons, Ruth
(Encyclopedia) Simmons, Ruth, 1945–, American educator and college president, b. Grapeland, Tex., grad. Dillard Univ. (B.A., 1967) and Harvard (A.M., 1970; Ph.D., 1973). As a scholar she was…Adair, John
(Encyclopedia) Adair, JohnAdair, Johnədârˈ [key], 1757–1840, American pioneer in Kentucky, b. North Carolina. He went into the Kentucky country in 1786 and became famous as an Indian fighter and as a…Arosemena Monroy, Carlos Julio
(Encyclopedia) Arosemena Monroy, Carlos JulioArosemena Monroy, Carlos Juliokärˈlōs h&oomacr;ˈlyō ärōsāmāˈnä mōnˈroi [key], 1919–2004, president of Ecuador (1961–63). A lawyer and diplomat and the…International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
(Encyclopedia) International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), worldwide organization of medical groups dedicated to eliminating nuclear weapons and preventing nuclear war, est.…National Defense Education Act
(Encyclopedia) National Defense Education Act (NDEA), federal legislation passed in 1958 providing aid to education in the United States at all levels, public and private. NDEA was instituted…Masters and Johnson
(Encyclopedia) Masters and Johnson, pioneering research team in the field of human sexuality, consisting of the gynecologist William Howell Masters, 1915–2001, b. Cleveland, and the psychologist…Trending
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