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Watergate: 40 Years After the Break-in

Take a look back at the Watergate scandal, the laws passed in response to it, and key players by Beth Rowen The Watergate Complex The scandal that ended the Nixon presidency began more than…

Morse, Wayne Lyman

(Encyclopedia) Morse, Wayne Lyman, 1900–1974, U.S. Senator (1945–69), b. Madison, Wis. He was a professor of law and later dean at the Univ. of Oregon law school (1931–44) and gained a nationwide…

Sancroft, William

(Encyclopedia) Sancroft, WilliamSancroft, Williamsăngˈkrôft [key], 1617–93, English prelate, archbishop of Canterbury. His opposition to Calvinist doctrine caused him to remain abroad during the…

Gilman, Alfred Goodman

(Encyclopedia) Gilman, Alfred Goodman, 1941–2015, American biochemist, b. New Haven, Conn., M.D., Ph.D. Case Western Reserve Univ., 1969. He taught at the Univ. of Virginia (1971–1981) before…

Goes, Hugo van der

(Encyclopedia) Goes, Hugo van derGoes, Hugo van derh&oomacr;ˈgō vän dĕr g&oomacr;s [key], d.1482, Flemish painter. Probably born in Ghent, he was a member of the painters' guild there in 1467…

Dobrynin, Anatoly Fyodorovich

(Encyclopedia) Dobrynin, Anatoly Fyodorovich, 1919–2010, Soviet diplomat, b. Krasnaya Gorka. He studied at a Moscow aviation institute, designed aircraft during World War II, and was selected after…

Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem

(Encyclopedia) Kaplan, Mordecai MenahemKaplan, Mordecai Menahemmôrˈdĭkīˌ mənäkhˈəm kăpˈlən [key], 1881–1983, American rabbi, educator, and philosopher, b. Lithuania, grad. College of the City of New…

Smibert, John

(Encyclopedia) Smibert or Smybert, JohnSmibert or Smybert, Johnboth: smīˈbərt [key], 1688–1751, American portrait painter, b. Scotland, the first skillful painter in New England. After his…

Snyder, Gary

(Encyclopedia) Snyder, Gary, 1930–, American poet, b. San Francisco. Associated with the beat generation of the 1950s, he lived (1956–68) in Japan, where he trained as a Zen monk. His poetry,…