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(Encyclopedia) Fort Sam Houston, U.S. army facility, S Tex., in San Antonio; headquarters of the U.S. Army North and the U.S. Army South. In 2010 it was amalgamated with Lackland and Randolph air…Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the
(Encyclopedia) Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the, fundamentalist Christian Church and evangelistic missionary body organized in California by Aimee Semple McPherson and Minnie Kennedy in…Collier, John
(Encyclopedia) Collier, John, 1884–1968, American social worker, anthropologist, and author, educated at Columbia and the Collège de France. After holding several positions in community organization…Gravely, Samuel Lee, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Gravely, Samuel Lee, Jr., 1922–2004, U.S. naval officer, the first African American to hold the rank of admiral, b. Richmond, Va. Joining the Naval Reserves in 1942, he became (1944)…Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Smith)
(Encyclopedia) Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Smith), 1856–1923, American author and educator, b. Philadelphia. In San Francisco she organized the first free kindergartens on the Pacific coast (1878) and with…Bengel, Johann Albrecht
(Encyclopedia) Bengel, Johann AlbrechtBengel, Johann Albrechtyōˈhän älˈbrĕkht bĕngˈəl [key], 1687–1752, German Lutheran theologian and biblical scholar. He was appointed (1713) professor in charge of…Labor, United States Department of
(Encyclopedia) Labor, United States Department of, federal executive department established in 1913 and charged with administering and enforcing statutes that promote the welfare of U.S. wage earners…Heckman, James Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Heckman, James Joseph, 1944– American economist, b. Chicago, Ill., Ph.D. Princeton, 1971. He has taught at the Univ. of Chicago since 1973. Heckman shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in…Jhelum, town, Pakistan
(Encyclopedia) JhelumJhelumjāˈl&oobreve;m [key], town (1981 pop. 92,646), NE Pakistan, on the Jhelum River. Located on the main railroad and road on Punjab piedmont plain, it is an important…Cronin, A. J.
(Encyclopedia) Cronin, A. J. (Archibald Joseph Cronin)Cronin, A. J.krōˈnĭn [key], 1896–1981, Scottish novelist. He gave up his prosperous London medical practice to devote himself to writing after…Trending
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