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(Encyclopedia) Geithner, Timothy Franz gītˈnər [key], 1961–, U.S. government official, b. New York City, grad. Dartmouth (B.A. 1983), Johns Hopkins (M.A. 1985). In 1988 he began working at the Treasury Dept., w...

(Encyclopedia) Maryland, University System of, state-supported system of higher education in Maryland, est. 1988 as the University of Maryland System, renamed 1997. It includes all but two of the publicly supported ...

(Encyclopedia) ecliptic coordinate system, an astronomical coordinate system in which the principal coordinate axis is the ecliptic, the apparent path of the sun through the heavens. The ecliptic poles are the two p...

(Encyclopedia) free enterprise system: see capitalism. ...

(Encyclopedia) transdermal delivery system: see skin patch. ...

(Encyclopedia) Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. ...

(Encyclopedia) Farm Credit System: see Farm Credit Administration. ...

(Encyclopedia) Space Transportation System, official designation for the U.S. space shuttle. ...

(Encyclopedia) Government Publishing Office, United States (GPO), federal bureau originally authorized in 1860 that performs printing and binding for Congress and federal departments and agencies, distributes govern...

(Encyclopedia) International System of Units, officially called the Système International d'Unités, or SI, system of units adopted by the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures (1960). It is based on the ...