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Army, United States Department of the
(Encyclopedia)Army, United States Department of the: see Defense, United States Department of. ...Navy, United States Department of the
(Encyclopedia)Navy, United States Department of the: see Defense, United States Department of. ...Seal of the United States, Great
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(Encyclopedia)Great Seal of the United States: see United States, Great Seal of the. ...Brown, Samuel Robbins
(Encyclopedia)Brown, Samuel Robbins, 1810–80, American missionary and educator, b. East Windsor, Conn. As a missionary (1839–47) to China, he took charge of a school founded by the Morrison Educational Associat...lottery
(Encyclopedia)lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment b...Young Men's Christian Association
(Encyclopedia)Young Men's Christian Association, (the Y or YMCA), organization having as its objective the development of values and behaviors that are consistent with Christian principles. Despite its name, member...Holmes, Oliver Wendell, American author and physician
(Encyclopedia)Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809–94, American author and physician, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1829; M.D., 1836); father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. He began his medical career as a gen...electric and magnetic units
(Encyclopedia)electric and magnetic units, units used to express the magnitudes of various quantities in electricity and magnetism. Three systems of such units, all based on the metric system, are commonly used. On...Kansas, state, United States
(Encyclopedia)CE5 Kansas kănˈzəs [key], midwestern state occupying the center of the coterminous United States. It is bordered by Missouri (E), Oklahoma (S), Colorado (W), and Nebraska (N). Kansas has b...Browse by Subject
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