(Encyclopedia) Iacocca, Lee (Lido Anthony Iacocca)Iacocca, Leeīˌəkōˈkə [key], 1924–2019, American automobile business executive, b. Allentown, Pa., grad. Lehigh Univ. (1945), Princeton (M.A., 1946).…
(Encyclopedia) Dutch language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Also called Netherlandish, it is spoken…
(Encyclopedia) CuraçaoCuraçaoky&oobreve;ˈrəsō, k&oomacr;räsouˈ [key], island (2015 est. pop. 158,000), 178 sq mi (461 sq km), an autonomous country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located…
(Encyclopedia) FuzhouFuzhouf&oomacr;ˈjōˈ [key] or FoochowFuzhouf&oomacr;ˈchouˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 952,300), capital of Fujian prov., China, a port on the Min River delta c.25 mi (40…
LA GUARDIA, Fiorello Henry, a Representative from New York; born in New York City December 11, 1882; moved to Arizona; attended the public schools and high school at Prescott, Ariz.; returned…
We all hear popular superstitions when the 13th day of the month falls on a Friday. And no player wants to wear the number 13. It is said that superstitions have been…
Tall Ships:Danmark, Capitan Miranda, Niagara, HMS Bounty by David Johnson Danmark The Danish navy's Danmark The full-rigged Danmark, from Copenhagen, serves as a six-month…
(Encyclopedia) Grossman, Vasily Semenovich, 1905–64, Russian novelist and journalist, b. Berdichev (now Berdychiv, Ukraine). He graduated (1929) from Moscow State Univ., published novels and short…
(Encyclopedia) Monk, Meredith Jane, 1942–, American dancer, choreographer, composer, singer, director, and filmmaker, b. Lima, Peru, grad. Sarah Lawrence College, 1964. A major figure in the avant-…
