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medicine man

(Encyclopedia) medicine man, among Native Americans and other traditional peoples as far back as Paleolithic times, a person believed to possess supernatural healing powers. Like the shaman the…

Navarino, battle of

(Encyclopedia) Navarino, battle ofNavarino, battle ofnävärēˈnō [key], 1827, naval battle resulting from the intervention of the European powers in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman…

Stambuliski, Alexander

(Encyclopedia) Stambuliski, Alexander, Bulgarian Aleksandr StamboliskiStambuliski, Alexander,both: älĕksänˈdər stämbōlēˈskē [key], 1879–1923, Bulgarian politician. He was a leader of the Peasants'…

Brüning, Heinrich

(Encyclopedia) Brüning, HeinrichBrüning, Heinrichhīnˈrĭkh brünˈĭng [key], 1885–1970, German chancellor. Elected to the Reichstag in 1924, he was a leader of the Catholic Center party and a fiscal…

Cara Carleton "Carly" Fiorina

business executiveBorn: 1954Birthplace: Austin, Texas Cara Carleton Sneed attended high schools in Ghana, England, North Carolina, and California because her father, a lawyer and later a judge,…

George Herman MAHON, Congress, TX (1900-1985)

MAHON, George Herman, a Representative from Texas; born in the village of Mahon, near Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, La., September 22, 1900; moved to Texas in 1908 with his family, who…

Augustus Newton MARTIN, Congress, IN (1847-1901)

MARTIN, Augustus Newton, a Representative from Indiana; born near Whitestown, Butler County, Pa., March 23, 1847; attended the common schools and Witherspoon Institute, Butler, Pa., and was…