(Encyclopedia) Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an…
(Encyclopedia) Ailes, Roger EugeneAiles, Roger Eugeneālz [key], 1940–2017, American television executive and political adviser, b. Warren, Ohio, grad. Ohio Univ. (B.A., 1962). He worked in local…
North America Talk about depth? The hardest job for head coach Ken Hitchcock will be finding enough ice time for everyone... not an easy task when you've got mega-stars like Eric Lindros, Wayne…
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Date of Information: 10/30/2022[source] Pres. Emmanuel Macron Prime Min. Élisabeth Borne Min. of…
Senate Years of Service: 1927-1951Party: DemocratTHOMAS, John William Elmer, a Representative and a Senator from Oklahoma; born on a farm near Greencastle, Putnam County, Ind., September 8,…
rock group To many, Jane's Addiction epitomized the alternative rock scene that developed during the mid-1980s. Merging elements of punk and metal among other styles, the band's first release,…
(Encyclopedia) Utzon, Jørn, 1918–2008, Danish architect, grad. Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen (1942). He worked for Eric Gunnar Asplund in Sweden and Alvar Aalto in Finland before opening (…
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Robert, 1911–38, African-American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, b. Hazelhurst, Miss. A sharecropper's son, he grew up absorbing the music of Delta bluesmen,…
(Encyclopedia) Carlsson, Arvid, 1923–2018, Swedish pharmacologist, grad. Univ. of Lund, Sweden, (M.D., Ph.D., 1951). Carlsson was a professor at the Univ. of Lund (1951–59) and at the Univ. of…
