(Encyclopedia) MaracaiboMaracaibomäräkīˈbō [key], city (1990 pop. 1,249,670), capital of Zulia state, NW Venezuela, at the outlet of Lake Maracaibo. It is Venezuela's second largest city, a…
(Encyclopedia) Lamont, Thomas WilliamLamont, Thomas Williamləmŏntˈ [key], 1870–1948, American banker, b. Claverack, N.Y., grad. Harvard, 1892. Lamont entered (1903) the banking business in New York…
Mercury mission coincides with journey of New Horizons as it crosses the orbit of Uranus by Catherine McNiff Related Links Space Shuttle TimelineSpace Shuttle (Encyclopedia) Space…
KENDALL, John Wilkerson, (father of Joseph Morgan Kendall), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Morgan County, Ky., June 26, 1834; attended the common schools and Owingsville Academy;…
(Encyclopedia) Northern Pacific Railway, former American rail line, following the northern route from Duluth and St. Paul, Minn., to Seattle, Wash., and Portland, Oreg. The Northern Pacific RR…
(Encyclopedia) Beadle, George Wells, 1903–89, American geneticist, b. Wahoo, Nebr., grad. Univ. of Nebraska (B.S., 1926; M.S., 1927), Ph.D. Cornell, 1931. Beadle taught (1931–36) biology at the…
(Encyclopedia) Port Royal, former coastal city and port, S Jamaica. Situated on a deepwater harbor on the Caribbean shipping lanes between Spain and Panama, a settlement was established in the 1th…
(Encyclopedia) Baker, George Fisher, 1840–1931, American financier and philanthropist, b. Troy, N.Y. Baker was one of the founders of the First National Bank of New York in 1863 and became (1877) its…
CAMPAIGN 2000 | THE CANDIDATES Bill Bradley Outsider vs. insider: Gore's toughest challenger by Beth Rowen Bill Bradley has proposed strict hand-gun regulations as well as campaign-…
TOMPKINS, Cydnor Bailey, (father of Emmett Tompkins), a Representative from Ohio; born near St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, November 8, 1810; moved with his parents to Morgan County in…
