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(Encyclopedia) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), scientific panel created (1988) by two United Nations organizations, the UN Environment Program and the World Meteorological Organization. Open to all...
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, William Samuel, 1727–1819, American political leader and president of Columbia College (1787–1800), b. Stratford, Conn. A lawyer in Connecticut, he soon became a leading figure in the col...
(Encyclopedia) Robertson, Pat (Marion Gordon
Robertson), 1930–2023, American evangelist and politician, b.
Lexington, Va. The son of U.S. Senator A. Willis Robertson...
(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Will (William Penn Adair Rogers), 1879–1935, American humorist, b. Oolagah, Indian Territory (now in Oklahoma). In his youth he worked as a cowboy in Oklahoma, and after traveling over the w...
(Encyclopedia) Ryder, Donald P., ,
1926-2021, African-American architect, b. Springfield, Oh., Univ. of
Illinois (BA, 1951). Ryder was raised in Dayton, Ohio. He serve...
(Encyclopedia) Schiff, Adam Bennett,
1960- , American politician, b. Framingham, Ma.,
Stanford Univ. (B.A., 1982), Harvard Law School (J.D., 1985).
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(Encyclopedia) race, one of the group of populations regarded as constituting humanity. The differences that have historically determined the classification into races are predominantly physical aspects of appearanc...
(Encyclopedia) Middleton, Henry, 1717–84, American Revolutionary leader, b. near Charleston, S.C. A wealthy, influential planter, he held many official positions before resigning (1770) in protest against the Brit...
(Encyclopedia) Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734–97, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Westmoreland co., Va.; brother of Arthur, Richard H., and William Lee. Whi...
(Encyclopedia) Avalon ăvˈəlŏn [key], in Celtic mythology, the blissful otherworld of the dead. In medieval romance it was the island to which the mortally wounded King Arthur was taken, and from which it was exp...