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(Encyclopedia) George II (George Augustus), 1683–1760, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1727–60), son and successor of George I. Though devoted to Hanover, of which he was elector, George was more active in th...
(Encyclopedia) Powell, Colin Luther,
1937–2021, U.S. army general and government official, b. New York
City, grad., City College (B.S., 1958); George Washington Univ...
(Encyclopedia) Rumsfeld, Donald Henry,
1932–2021, American government official, b. Chicago, Princeton Univ.
(B.A., 1954). After graduating college, Rumsfeld enliste...
(Encyclopedia) Brook Farm, 1841–47, an experimental farm at West Roxbury, Mass., based on cooperative living. Founded by George Ripley, a Unitarian minister, the farm was initially financed by a joint-stock compan...
(Encyclopedia) Gothic revival, term designating a return to the building styles of the Middle Ages. Although the Gothic revival was practiced throughout Europe, it attained its greatest importance in the United Stat...
(Encyclopedia) Hartford.
<1> City (2020 pop. 121,054), state capital, Hartford co.,
central Conn., on the west bank of the Connecticut River; settled as Newtown
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(Encyclopedia) Long, Huey Pierce, 1893–1935, American political leader, b. Winnfield, La.; brother of Earl Long. Originally a farm boy, he was an extremely successful traveling salesman before studying law at Tula...
(Encyclopedia) Strauss, Richard rĭkhˈärt shtrous [key], 1864–1949, German composer. Strauss brought to a culmination the development of the 19th-century symphonic poem, and was a leading composer of romantic op...
(Encyclopedia) Rochester rŏchˈĕstər, –ĭstər [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 70,745), seat of Olmsted co., SE Minn.; inc. 1858. It is a farm trade center, and its industries include printing and publishing, food pro...
(Encyclopedia) anesthesia ănĭsthēˈzhə [key] [Gr.,=insensibility], loss of sensation, especially that of pain, induced by drugs, especially as a means of facilitating safe surgical procedures. Early modern medic...