Lawrence LaderAge: 86 writer who became a steadfast abortion-rights activist while writing a biography of Margaret Sanger. Labeled the father of the abortion-rights movement by Betty Friedan…
(Encyclopedia) Moynihan, Daniel PatrickMoynihan, Daniel Patrickmoiˈnĭhănˌ [key], 1927–2003, American sociologist and politician, b. Tulsa, Okla., grad. Tufts (B.A., 1948; M.A., 1949; Ph.D., 1961).…
(Encyclopedia) Malcolm X, 1925–65, militant
black leader in the United States, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz,
b. Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb…
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coextensive with Bronx co. (2020 pop. 1,472,654), land area 42 sq mi (106 sq
km), SE N.Y. The name…
(Encyclopedia) reciprocal trade agreement, international commercial treaty in which two or more nations grant equally advantageous trade concessions to each other. It usually refers to treaties…
(Encyclopedia) Frost, Robert, 1874–1963, American poet, b. San Francisco. Perhaps the most popular and beloved of 20th-century American poets, Frost wrote of the character, people, and landscape of…
Walt RostowAge: 86 hawkish economist and historian who, as an adviser to presidents Kennedy and Johnson, advocated U.S. aggressive involvement in the Vietnam War. He believed that the fall of…
Henry W. KendallAge: 72 Nobel-winning physicist who helped discover that protons and neutrons, formerly thought to be the basic building blocks of matter, are made up of quarks. Firmly…
Brian Keith television and film actor The gruff actor landed his first film role at age 3 and is best remembered for his role as Uncle Bill on television's Family Affair. He also starred in…
Elisabeth Kübler-RossAge: 78 pioneering psychiatrist whose research helped terminally ill patients come to terms with death. Her 1969 bestseller, On Death and Dying, encouraged public…
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