(Encyclopedia) Barnato, BarnettBarnato, Barnettbärnäˈtō [key], 1852–97, South African financier, b. London. His name originally was Barney Isaacs; he first called himself Barney Barnato when he…
(Encyclopedia) Pissarides, Christopher Antoniou, 1948–, British-Cypriot economist, b. Nicosia, Cyprus, Ph.D. London School of Economics, 1973. He has been a professor at the London School of…
Taking the environment into consideration when planning weddings. by Elizabeth Olson Related Links Top Ten Greenest Buildings in the U.S. Weddings 101…
(Encyclopedia) gem, commonly, a mineral or organic substance, cut and polished and used as an ornament. Gems also are used as seals (items of assurance) and as talismans (good-luck charms). For…
Read a bio on Neil Patrick Harris, the host of the 87th Academy Awards, and past Oscar hosts. Do you remember who hosted in 1989? No one. That was the year the Oscars had no host, in…
There may be lost pirate treasure buried in the coves of the Caribbean Islands. There are certainly lost treasures of gold and jewels aboard early Spanish sailing ships sunk at sea. But not all…
(Encyclopedia) Mortensen, Dale Thomas, 1939–2014, American economist, b. Enterprise, Oreg., Ph.D. Carnegie-Mellon Univ., 1967. Mortensen a professor at Northwestern Univ. for his entire academic…
CARBON AS FUELALLOTROPECARBON CYCLEFIND OUT MORECarbon is the sixth most common element in the universe and is the main element in every living thing on Earth. Carbon atoms are passed between…
(Encyclopedia) Alexander Bay, town, part of the Richtersveld local municipality, Northern Cape prov., NW South Africa, where the Orange River enters the Atlantic Ocean. Especially rich alluvial…
KIM, Jay, a Representative from California; born in Seoul, South Korea, March 27, 1939; graduated from Po Sung High School, Seoul, Korea, 1956; B.S., University of Southern California, Los…
