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Notable Asian Americans, A-Z

Grace ParkBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports PersonalitiesScientistsEntertainers:…

Hoaxes - Media

Media Myths by Beth Rowen War of the Worlds Known for his flair for the dramatic, Orson Welles, with members of his Mercury Theatre Company, incited mass hysteria and earned…

diamond

(Encyclopedia) diamond, mineral, one of two crystalline forms of the element carbon (see allotropy), the hardest natural substance known, used as a gem and in industry. The discoveries of 1870–71…

glass

(Encyclopedia) glass, hard substance, usually brittle and transparent, composed chiefly of silicates and an alkali fused at high temperature. Glass has become invaluable in modern architecture,…

income tax

(Encyclopedia) income tax, assessment levied upon individual or corporate incomes. Although personal incomes were occasionally taxed in medieval Italian cities, the income tax is essentially a modern…

Willard "Mitt" Romney (2012)

  The 2012 Republican presidential nominee falls to Obama in the general election by Liz Olson and Jennie Wood Mitt Romney Related Links Mitt Romney’s campaign website…

health insurance

(Encyclopedia) health insurance, prepayment plan providing services or cash indemnities for medical care needed in times of illness or disability. It is effected by voluntary plans, either commercial…