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Dent Blanche

(Encyclopedia) Dent BlancheDent BlanchedäN bläNsh [key], peak, 14,318 ft (4,364 m) high, Valais canton, S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps.

2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to drama to music Related Links Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine,…

Foyt, A. J.

(Encyclopedia) Foyt, A. J. (Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr.), 1935–, American auto-racing driver, b. Houston. Foyt was the first person to win the Indianapolis 500 race four times (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977).…

Milk, Harvey

(Encyclopedia) Milk, Harvey, 1931–78, U.S. politician and gay-rights activist. When elected (1977) to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, he was the first acknowledged homosexual to win high…

Horace SEELY-BROWN, Jr., Congress, CT (1908-1982)

SEELY-BROWN, Horace, Jr., a Representative from Connecticut; born in Kensington, Montgomery County, Md., May 12, 1908; attended the public schools of Hoosick, N.Y.; was graduated from Hamilton…

William Gay BROWN, Jr., Congress, WV (1856-1916)

BROWN, William Gay, Jr., (son of William Gay Brown [1800-1865]), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Kingwood, Preston County, Va. (now West Virginia), April 7, 1856; attended the…

Handan

(Encyclopedia) Handan or Hantan Handan both: hän-dän [key], city, SW Hebei prov., China. Its position as a…