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Sosa, Sammy

(Encyclopedia) Sosa, Sammy (Samuel Kevin Sosa Peralta)Sosa, Sammysämwĕlˈ sōˈsä pĕrälˈtä [key], 1968–, Dominican baseball player. An outfielder and designated hitter, he broke into the major leagues…

Backstreet Boys

rock group Close friends and family make for close harmonies in this a cappella group named for an Orlando, Florida fleamarket. Their album, Backstreet Boys (1996) made a splash overseas a full two…

Durant, Henry Fowle

(Encyclopedia) Durant, Henry FowleDurant, Henry Fowled&oobreve;răntˈ, dy&oobreve;– [key], 1822–81, American lawyer and educator, b. Hanover, N.H., grad. Harvard, 1841. Christened Henry Welles…

Kirkcaldy

(Encyclopedia) KirkcaldyKirkcaldykərkôˈdē, –kôlˈ– [key], town (1991 pop. 46,356) and district, Fife, E Scotland, on the Firth of Forth. Industries textiles and furniture manufacture and light…

Tryon, Dwight William

(Encyclopedia) Tryon, Dwight WilliamTryon, Dwight Williamtrīˈən [key], 1849–1925, American landscape painter, b. Hartford, Conn., studied in Paris under C. F. Daubigny and Jacquesson de la Chevreuse…

Reed, James Alexander

(Encyclopedia) Reed, James Alexander, 1861–1944, American political leader, b. near Mansfield, Ohio. He moved to Iowa and was admitted (1885) to the bar, practicing there and later in Missouri. He…

Liberty party

(Encyclopedia) Liberty party, in U.S. history, an antislavery political organization founded in 1840. It was formed by those abolitionists, under the leadership of James G. Birney and Gerrit Smith,…

Latter-day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of

(Encyclopedia) Latter-day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of, name of the church founded (1830) at Fayette, N.Y., by Joseph Smith. The headquarters are in Salt Lake City, Utah. Its members, now…

Barenaked Ladies

Canadian folk-rock group Steven Page and Ed Robertson established the band in 1998. They claim the band's name is meant to suggest youthful naivete and is not at all sexist. Tyler Steward and Jim…

Philadelphia, Pa.

Mayor: Michael Nutter (to Jan. 2016) 2010 census population (rank): 1,526,006 (5); Male: 719,813 (47.2%); Female: 806,1933 (52.8%); White: 626,221 (41.0%); Black: 661,839 (43.4%); American…