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Ramsey of Canterbury, Arthur Michael Ramsey, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Ramsey of Canterbury, Arthur Michael Ramsey, Baron, 1904–88, archbishop of Canterbury (1961–74), b. Cambridge, England. He was educated at Repton School; Magdalene College, Cambridge;…

George John MITCHELL, Congress, ME (1933)

Senate Years of Service: 1980-1995Party: DemocratMITCHELL, George John, a Senator from Maine; born in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, August 20, 1933; attended the public schools;…

Food-Borne Diseases: Trichinosis

TrichinosisFood-Borne DiseasesIntroductionE. coli 0157:H7CamphylobacterSalmonellaShigellaListeriaTrichinosis Eating raw or undercooked meats, especially pork, but also bear, fox, dog, wolf, horse,…

HIV/AIDS: Introduction

IntroductionHIV/AIDSIntroductionThe Birth of a DiseaseFrom Epidemic to PandemicWhere Did HIV Come From?Diagnosis & Anti-HIV TherapyVaccination & Natural ResistanceLessons LearnedThe June 5,…

Tropical Diseases: African Sleeping Sickness

African Sleeping SicknessTropical DiseasesIntroductionLeishmaniasis: The Sand Fly's BugGiardiasis: A One-Celled WonderSchistosomiasis: Snail FeverAfrican Sleeping SicknessRiver Blindness Human…

Plassey

(Encyclopedia) PlasseyPlasseyplăsˈē [key], anglicized name of Palashi, village, West Bengal state, NE India. In the battle of Plassey, Robert Clive decisively defeated (1757) the Nawab of Bengal,…

Renfrew

(Encyclopedia) RenfrewRenfrewrĕnˈfr&oomacr; [key], town (1991 pop. 21,550), Renfrewshire, W central Scotland, on the Clyde River, near Glasgow. It has shipyards and manufactures rubber, paint,…

geopolitics

(Encyclopedia) geopolitics, method of political analysis, popular in Central Europe during the first half of the 20th cent., that emphasized the role played by geography in international relations.…

Agnew, Spiro Theodore

(Encyclopedia) Agnew, Spiro TheodoreAgnew, Spiro Theodorespērˈō [key], 1918–96, 39th Vice President of the United States (1969–73), b. Baltimore. Admitted to the bar in 1949, he entered politics as a…