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Sheffield, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Sheffield, industrial city (1990 pop. 10,380), Colbert co., NW Ala., on the Tennessee River near Muscle Shoals, in an iron and coal area; inc. 1885. Its varied manufactures include…

Carr, Eugene Asa

(Encyclopedia) Carr, Eugene Asa, 1830–1910, Union general in the U.S. Civil War, b. Concord, Erie co., N.Y., grad. West Point, 1850. In the Civil War he distinguished himself at Wilson's Creek (1861…

Mindszenty, József

(Encyclopedia) Mindszenty, JózsefMindszenty, Józsefmĭndˈsĕntē [key], 1892–1975, Hungarian prelate, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was bishop of Veszprém during the German occupation of…

McKean, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) McKean, ThomasMcKean, Thomasməkānˈ, –kēnˈ [key], 1734–1817, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. New London, Pa. He settled at New…

Midseason TV

ABC ABC's promising meta-show SportsNight ABC's Sports Night is by far the best new series, and is perhaps the best new comedy in recent memory. Though to call it a comedy is not completely…

2011 Nobel Prize Winners

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Ralph Owen BREWSTER, Congress, ME (1888-1961)

Senate Years of Service: 1941-1952Party: RepublicanBREWSTER, Ralph Owen, a Representative and a Senator from Maine; born in Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine, February 22, 1888; attended the…

James Michael MEAD, Congress, NY (1885-1964)

Senate Years of Service: 1938-1947Party: DemocratMEAD, James Michael, a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Mount Morris, Livingston County, N.Y., December 27, 1885; moved to…