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(Encyclopedia) Kaboré, Roch Marc Christian, 1957–, Burkinabé political leader. Following a career in banking, he joined Blaise Compaoré's government, serving as minister of transport and communications (1989–...

(Encyclopedia) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), civil-rights organization founded in 1957 by Martin Luther King, Jr., and headed by him until his assassination in 1968. Composed largely of African-Am...

(Encyclopedia) Enron Corporation, U.S. company that in 2001 became the largest bankruptcy and stock collapse in U.S. history up to that time. The company was formed in 1985 when InterNorth purchased Houston Natural ...

(Encyclopedia) Rove, Karl Christian, 1950–, U.S. political consultant and government official, b. Denver, Colo. Politically active in high school, he joined College Republicans while at the Univ. of Utah and becam...

(Encyclopedia) Heiberg, Johan Ludvig yōhănˈ lo͞oᵺˈvē hīˈbâr [key], 1791–1860, Danish writer, director of the National Theater. In the play Christmas Fun and New Year's Jesting (1817), he satirized leadi...

(Encyclopedia) Copenhagen köˌbənhounˈ [key], city (2021 pop. 799,033), capital of Denmark and of Copenhagen co., ...

(Encyclopedia) de Klerk, F. W. (Frederik Willem de Klerk) frĕdˈərĭk vĭlˈəm də klûrkˈ ...

(Encyclopedia) Beham pā– [key], name of two German Renaissance artists, brothers, who were both influenced by Dürer and later by Italian art. Hans Sebald Beham, 1500–1550, engraver, etcher, and miniaturist, wi...

(Encyclopedia) patriarch, in Christian churches, title of certain exalted bishops, implying authority over a number of other bishops. There were originally three patriarchates: the West, held by the bishop of Rome (...

(Encyclopedia) Augsburg ouksˈbo͝ork [key], city, capital of Swabia, Bavaria, S central Germany, a major industrial center on the Lech River. The major industries include the manufactur...