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Hinggan Ling, Da

(Encyclopedia) Hinggan Ling, Da, or Great KhinganHinggan Ling, Da,both: hĭngˈgänˈ [key], mountain range, Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, NE China, extending c.750 mi (1,210 km) from the Amur River…

Park Chung Hee

(Encyclopedia) Park Chung HeePark Chung Heepärk chŭng hē [key], 1917–79, president (1963–79) of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Starting (1940) his military career in the Japanese army, he…

Korea, South Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign GovernmentsDate of Information: 8/17/2022[source] The spellings of names of South Korean officials have been changed to reflect widely recognized…

Rexroth, Kenneth

(Encyclopedia) Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905–82, American poet, critic, and translator, b. South Bend, Ind. A resident of San Francisco, he was briefly associated with the beat generation, although he…

Ting, Samuel Chao Chung

(Encyclopedia) Ting, Samuel Chao Chung, 1936–, American physicist, b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Ph.D. Univ. of Michigan 1962. Ting was a professor at Columbia from 1965 to 1969, when he joined the faculty at…

Victor Alfred KNOX, Congress, MI (1899-1976)

KNOX, Victor Alfred, a Representative from Michigan; born on a farm in Chippewa County, Mich. (near Sault Ste. Marie), January 13, 1899; attended the public schools; engaged in farming until…

Khingan, Great

(Encyclopedia) Khingan, Great, mountain range, China: see Hinggan Ling, Da.

Song Qingling

(Encyclopedia) Song Qingling: see Soong Ch'ing-ling under Soong, family.

2006 Olympics: Short Track, Men's

500 meters  Time 1Apolo Anton Ohno, USA41.935 2Francois-Louis Tremblay, CAN42.002 3Hyun-Soo Ahn, KOR42.089 1000 meters  Time 1Hyun-Soo Ahn, KOR1:26.739OR2 Ho-Suk Lee, KOR1:26.764 3Apolo Anton Ohno…