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Bergen, town, Lower Saxony, Germany
(Encyclopedia) Bergen, town, Lower Saxony, N Germany, 13 mi (21 km) NW of Celle. Building materials are manufactured. A North Atlantic Treaty…Boonesboro
(Encyclopedia) BoonesboroBoonesborob&oomacr;nzˈbərə, –bûrō [key], former settlement, central Ky., on the Kentucky River. It was named for Daniel Boone, who in 1775 built a small fort there under…Bourassa, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Bourassa, Robert, 1933–96, Canadian political leader. He received a law degree from the Univ. of Montreal (1957) and later studied at Oxford and Harvard. He was elected to the Quebec…Captains' Revolution
(Encyclopedia) Captains' Revolution, coup staged (Apr. 25, 1974) by military officers who opposed Portugal's policy toward its African territories. By early 1974 dissatisfaction with the debilitating…Business Roundtable
(Encyclopedia) Business Roundtable (BRT), an association consisting of the chief executive officers of major U.S. corporations that was founded in 1972…Warwick, town and district, England
(Encyclopedia) Warwick, town (1991 pop. 21,701) and district, county seat of Warwickshire, central England, on the Avon River. The town has some commerce and manufacturing. Warwick is best known for…Washburne, Elihu Benjamin
(Encyclopedia) Washburne, Elihu Benjamin, 1816–87, American politician and diplomat, b. Livermore, Maine. Admitted to the bar in Massachusetts, he opened (1840) his law practice in Galena, Ill. As a…Bell, Daniel
(Encyclopedia) Bell, Daniel, 1919–2011, American sociologist, b. New York City as Daniel Bolotsky, grad. City College (1939), Columbia (Ph.D., 1960). His immigrant parents changed their surname when…Tarik ibn Ziyad
(Encyclopedia) Tarik ibn ZiyadTarik ibn Ziyadtäˈrĭk [key], fl. 711, Berber leader of the Muslim invaders of Spain. When the heirs of the Visigothic king, Witiza, requested help from the Moors of N…bias, in electricity
(Encyclopedia) bias, a voltage, current, or other input applied to a device or system as a reference or to set its conditions of operation. A bias is usually steady but may vary with time, usually…Trending
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