(Encyclopedia) Forrestal, James VincentForrestal, James Vincentfôrˈĭstôlˌ, fŏrˈ– [key], 1892–1949, U.S. secretary of the navy (1944–47) and secretary of defense (1947–49), b. Beacon, N.Y. He was a…
(Encyclopedia) Franck, César AugusteFranck, César Augustesāzärˈ ōgüstˈ fräNk [key], 1822–90, Belgian-French composer and organist. He studied at the conservatories of Liège and Paris, taking prizes…
(Encyclopedia) Henderson, Richard, 1945–, Scottish molecular biologist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1969. Henderson has been a researcher at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge since 1973. In 2017…
(Encyclopedia) Diego Garcia, coral island, 11 sq mi (28 sq km). Indian Ocean, largest island of the Chagos Archipelago, SW of Sri Lanka. Part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, the island was…
(Encyclopedia) Gulf Stream, warm ocean current of the N Atlantic Ocean, off E North America. It was first described (1513) by Spanish explorer Ponce de León. The Gulf Stream originates in the Gulf of…
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Senate Years of Service: 2002-Party: RepublicanMURKOWSKI, Lisa, (daughter of Frank Hughes Murkowski), a Senator from Alaska; born in Ketchikan, Alaska, on May 22, 1957; attended public schools…
Source: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey According to the theory of continental drift, the world was made up of a single continent through most of geologic time. That continent…
head of the nonprofit Citizens Energy Corp.Born: 1958 The son of Robert and Ethel Kennedy fell victim to the powerful family's fabled curse when he hit a tree in a New Year's Eve skiing accident…
WHO OWNS ANTARCTICA? WHAT DO SCIENTISTS STUDY IN ANTARCTICA? FACTFILE: ANTARCTICAARCTICFIND OUT MOREThe freezing, inhospitable continent of Antarctica was the last place on Earth to be explored.…
