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Star Wars (Film)

Quizzes, movie reviews, and actors   Movie poster for the Star Wars prequel, The Phantom Menace   Quizzes Star Wars: Episodes 1–3 (for beginners) What planet did Queen Amidala rule…

Aung San Suu Kyi

(Encyclopedia) Aung San Suu KyiAung San Suu KyiouN săn s&oomacr; chē [key], 1945–, Burmese political leader, B.A. Oxford, 1969, Ph.D. Univ. of London, 1985. The daughter of assassinated (1947)…

Sankara, Thomas Isidore Noël

(Encyclopedia) Sankara, Thomas 1948–87, president (1983–87) of Burkina Faso. Thomas Sankara, sometimes referred to as the African Che Guevara, was an…

The Supreme Court: Using Marijuana

Using MarijuanaThe Supreme CourtControlling Our BodiesLimiting Abortion RightsDenying the Right to DieUsing MarijuanaForcing Drug Tests One way that states are trying to help patients deal…

Anderson, Sherwood

(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Sherwood, 1876–1941, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Camden, Ohio. After serving briefly in the Spanish-American War, he became a successful advertising man and…

My Lai incident

(Encyclopedia) My Lai incidentMy Lai incidentmē lī [key], a massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. soldiers in the Vietnam War. On Mar. 16, 1968, a unit of the U.S. army's Americal division, led by…

Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell

(Encyclopedia) Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell, 1862–1931, African-American civil-rights advocate and feminist, b. Holly Springs, Miss. Born a slave, she attended a freedman's school and was orphaned at 16.…

Ungaretti, Giuseppe

(Encyclopedia) Ungaretti, GiuseppeUngaretti, Giuseppej&oomacr;zĕpˈpā &oomacr;ngärĕtˈtē [key], 1888–1970, Italian poet, critic, and translator, b. Alexandria, Egypt. Ungaretti spent his youth…

Minorities and Women in the 110th Congress

Check out the lists of minorities and women in the 110th Congress, along with which state and political party they represented. The 110th Congress was the meeting of the legislative branch of the…

Chicago, Ill.

Mayor: Rahm Emanuel (to April 2019)2010 census population (rank): 2,695,598 (3); Male: 1,308,072 (48.5%); Female: 1,387,526 (51.5%); White: 1,212,835 (45.0%); Black: 887,608 (32.9%); American Indian…