(Encyclopedia) OlatheOlatheōlāˈthē [key], city (1990 pop. 63,352), seat of Johnson co., NE Kans., suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1858. In an area of livestock farms, Olathe grew markedly in the late…
(Encyclopedia) Ritson, Joseph, 1752–1803, English antiquarian and scholar, b. Stockton-on-Tees. An industrious student of English literature, he attacked Thomas Warton's scholarship in Observations…
(Encyclopedia) Seward, AnnaSeward, Annasēˈwərd [key], 1742–1809, English poet, called the Swan of Lichfield. A member of the Lichfield literary group, which included Thomas Day and Erasmus Darwin,…
(Encyclopedia) Connally, John Bowden, Jr.Connally, John Bowden, Jr.kŏnˈəlē [key], 1917–93, U.S. public official, b. Floresville, Tex. A lawyer, he became associated with Lyndon B. Johnson, managed…
(Encyclopedia) Strauss, Robert Schwarz, 1918–2014, American lawyer and government official, b. Lockhart, Tex., grad. Univ. of Texas Law School (1941). The quintessential Washington insider and a…
(Encyclopedia) Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938–, American author, b. Lockport, N.Y., B.A. Syracuse Univ., 1960, M.A. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1961. She taught English at the Univ. of Detroit and the Univ. of…
defeated soccer star George Weah in Liberia's runoff presidential election. She took 59% to Weah's 41% to become Africa's first woman head of state. The Harvard-educated economist is a…
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NumberPercentTotal population55,469100.0SEX AND AGEMale26,44847.7Female29,02152.3Under 5 years3,0475.55 to 9 years3,0605.510 to 14 years3,0225.415 to 19 years4,0247.320 to 24 years5,4419.825 to…
NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over45,666100.0In labor force28,11861.6Civilian labor force28,06361.5Employed26,47658.0Unemployed1,5873.5Percent of civilian labor force5.7…
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