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Forest Park
(Encyclopedia)Forest Park. 1 City (2020 pop. 19,932), Clayton co., NW Ga., a suburb of Atlanta; inc. 1908. It is a major warehouse and distribution center adjacent ...Garmisch-Partenkirchen
(Encyclopedia)Garmisch-Partenkirchen gärˈmĭsh-pärˌtənkĭrˈkhən [key], town, Bavaria, S Germany, in the Bavarian Alps, at th...Hialeah
(Encyclopedia)Hialeah hīəlēˈə [key], city (2020 pop. 223,109), Dade co., SE Fla., NW of Miami; inc. 19...Grinnell College
(Encyclopedia)Grinnell College, at Grinnell, Iowa; coeducational; incorporated 1847 as Iowa College, opened 1848 by Congregationalists at Davenport. The college moved to Grinnell in 1859, under the auspices of Josi...Group of Seventy Seven
(Encyclopedia)Group of Seventy Seven (G77), international organization, established in 1967 to promote economic cooperation and greater influence in world affairs among developing countries. Originally consisting o...Hand, Wayland Debs
(Encyclopedia)Hand, Wayland Debs, 1907–86, folklorist, b. Auckland, New Zealand. Hand wrote Popular Beliefs and Superstitions from North Carolina (1964), which is ranked among the finest published studies of supe...Harold V
(Encyclopedia)Harold V or Harald V, 1937–, king of Norway (1991–); son of Olaf V. He lived in exile in Washington, D.C., during World War II and was educated at Oslo Katedralskole before taking up a military ca...Buckland, William
(Encyclopedia)Buckland, William, 1784–1856, English geologist. He was dean of Westminster from 1845. First to note in England the action of glacial ice on rocks, he did much to bring physical and natural science ...Pepper, Claude Denson
(Encyclopedia)Pepper, Claude Denson, 1900–1989, U.S. Senator (1936–51) and Representative (1962–89), b. Dudleyville, Ala. He was admitted (1928) to the bar, practiced law in Florida, and held many state offic...Windsor, University of
(Encyclopedia)Windsor, University of wĭnˈzər [key], at Windsor, Ont., Canada; nondenominational; coeducational; founded 1857 as Assumption College. It achieved university status in 1953. It has faculties of arts...Browse by Subject
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