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Young Plan

(Encyclopedia) Young Plan, program for settlement of German reparations debts after World War I. It was presented by the committee headed (1929–30) by Owen D. Young. After the Dawes Plan was put into…

Young's modulus

(Encyclopedia) Young's modulus [for Thomas Young], number representing (in pounds per square inch or dynes per square centimeter) the ratio of stress to strain for a wire or bar of a given substance…

Young Turks

(Encyclopedia) Young Turks: see Ottoman Empire.

Sean DUFFY, Congress, WI (1971)

DUFFY, Sean, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Hayward, Sawyer County, Wis.; October 3, 1971; B.A., St. Marys College, Winona, Minn., 1994; J.D., William Mitchell College of Law, St.…

Roger Arliner Young

zoologistBorn: 1889Birthplace: Clifton Forge, Va. Roger Arliner Young overcame racial and sexual barriers to become the first African-American woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in zoology, which she…

Young Sports Stars

Freddy AduAndre AgassiOksana BaiulDrew BledsoeSergi BrugueraKobe BryantJennifer CapriatiOscar De La HoyaTim DuncanKrisztina EgerszegiTodd EldredgeJeff GordonMia HammMartina HingisJaromir…

Olympics for the Young and Old

Hiroshi Hoketsu will be the oldest Olympian in London by Catherine McNiff Related Links 2012 Summer OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern…

Hayne, Robert Young

(Encyclopedia) Hayne, Robert Young, 1791–1839, American statesman, b. Colleton District, S.C. Having served in the South Carolina legislature (1814–18) and as attorney general of South Carolina (1818…