U.S. congresswomanBorn: 1938Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Waters has been a member of Congress since 1991. The fifth of 13 children, Waters began working as a bus girl in a segregated restaurant when…
AMBRO, Jerome Anthony, Jr., a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., June 27, 1928; attended Brooklyn public elementary schools; graduated, Grover Cleveland High…
Senate Years of Service: 2009-Party: DemocratGILLIBRAND, Kirsten, a Senator and a Representative from New York; born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., December 9, 1966; A.B., Dartmouth College,…
Senate Years of Service: 1987-1989Party: RepublicanKARNES, David Kemp, a Senator from Nebraska; born in Omaha, Nebr., December 12, 1948; attended the public schools; graduated, University of…
(Encyclopedia) apartheidapartheidəpärtˈhīt [key] [Afrik.,=apartness], system of racial segregation peculiar to the Republic of South Africa, the legal basis of which was largely repealed in 1991–92…
Scientists hope that the advances in the cloning process can bring back animals that are nearly extinct
Cloned bull named Got AP Photo/I.Lopez 1938 Cloning envisioned. Dr. Hans Spemann (…
(Encyclopedia) Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC), former U.S. government agency established in 1933 to help stabilize real estate that had depreciated during the depression and to refinance the…
(Encyclopedia) Hoel, SigurdHoel, Sigurdsēˈg&oobreve;r hōˈəl [key], 1890–1960, Norwegian novelist. Hoel's sophisticated novels of urban life include the witty satire Sinners in Summertime (1927,…
(Encyclopedia) Whyte, William Hollingsworth, 1917–99, b. West Chester, Pa. He graduated from Princeton (1939), then served in the Marine Corps (1941–45). Writing for Fortune magazine (1946–58), he…
Butts, Calvin O., III
(Encyclopedia) Butts, Calvin O., III, 1949–2022, African-American pastor and social justice leader, b. Bridgeport, Conn., B.A. Morehouse College (…
