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Warsaw Treaty Organization

(Encyclopedia) Warsaw Treaty Organization or Warsaw Pact, alliance set up under a mutual defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, in 1955 by Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary,…

Abbasi, Shahid Khaqan

(Encyclopedia) Abbasi, Shahid Khaqan, 1958–, Pakistani politician. Trained as an electrical engineer, he worked in the United States and Saudi Arabia before returning to Pakistan in 1988. A member of…

Vernon Baker Biography

U.S. Army soldierBorn: 12/17/1919Birthplace: Cheyenne, Wyo.Died: 7/13/2010 (St. Maries, Idaho) When Vernon Baker was 4 years old, his parents were killed in an…

Gloria Reuben

actressBorn: 6/9/1964Birthplace: Toronto, Canada Actress/singer Gloria Reuben credits the influence of her mother, an accomplished singer, and older brother, a Broadway actor, for her career path.…

Robert Downey, Jr.

actorBorn: 4/4/1965Birthplace: New York City Talented actor who has battled personal demons as he has worked to establish himself as one of Hollywood's finest actors. His portrayal of tormented…

Persian Gulf War

1991U.S. troops engaged: 2,183,000Allied casualties: 147U.S., Britain, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, and Italy went to war against Iraq on January 16, 1991, in response to Iraq's August 1,…

David E. Kelley

television writer, producerBorn: 1956Birthplace: Maine One of the most prolific writers in television history, Kelley began his scriptwriting career as a story editor on LA Law, where he first…

Lucy Liu

actressBorn: 12/2/1968 Birthplace: Queens, New York Though she made her television debut in 1991 as Courtney, the Peach Pit waitress on Beverly Hills 90210, it wasn't until 1998 that Liu's career…