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Eisenberg, Carola
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1917-2021, American physician and human and women’s rights advocate;
b. Buenos Aires, Argentina, as Caroline…
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(Encyclopedia) Ireland, JohnIreland, Johnīrˈlənd [key], 1838–1918, American Roman Catholic prelate, first archbishop of St. Paul, Minn. (1888–1918), b. Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. He emigrated to St. Paul…
(Encyclopedia) Dehmelt, Hans GeorgDehmelt, Hans Georghäns gāˈôrkh dāˈməlt [key], 1922–2017, German-American physicist, b. Gorlitz, Germany, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1950. A professor at the Univ. of…
(Encyclopedia) Murat, JoachimMurat, JoachimzhōäshăNˈ müräˈ [key], 1767–1815, marshal of France, king of Naples (1808–15). He left his theological studies to enter the army and fought in Egypt under…
(Encyclopedia) YapYapyăp, yäp [key], state (1990 pop. 10,886), c.47 sq mi (121 sq km), in the W Caroline Islands, W Pacific. One of four states comprising the Federated States of Micronesia, the…
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