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Reading, Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st marquess of

(Encyclopedia)Reading, Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st marquess of rĕdˈĭng [key], 1860–1935, British statesman. Called to the bar in 1887, he achieved great success in his profession. He entered Parliament as a Liber...

Harper, Ida Husted

(Encyclopedia)Harper, Ida Husted, 1851–1931, American woman suffragist. Allied with the woman-suffrage movement from 1898, she became the official reporter and historian of the National American Woman Suffrage As...

Sutherlandshire

(Encyclopedia)Sutherlandshire, former county, Scotland: see Sutherland. ...

golden glow

(Encyclopedia)golden glow: see black-eyed Susan. ...

yellow daisy

(Encyclopedia)yellow daisy: see black-eyed Susan. ...

Lothrop, Amy

(Encyclopedia)Lothrop, Amy: see under Warner, Susan Bogert. ...

white-collar crime

(Encyclopedia)white-collar crime, term coined by Edward Sutherland for nonviolent crimes committed by corporations or individuals such as office workers or sales personnel (see white-collar workers) in the course o...

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