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Edward Irving EDWARDS, Congress, NJ (1863-1931)

Senate Years of Service: 1923-1929Party: DemocratEDWARDS, Edward Irving, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., December 1, 1863; attended the Jersey City public schools and New…

1996 Olympics: Boxing

Light Flyweight (106 lbs): 1. Daniel Petrov Bojilov, BUL dec. 2. Mansueto Velasco, PHI (19-6); 3. Oleg Kiryukhin, UKR, and Rafael Lozano, SPA. Flyweight (112 lbs): 1. Maikro Romero, CUB dec. 2.…

Notable Chess Players

Gary Kasparov See also Deep Blue, Chess Computer The Turk Wolfgang von Kempelen People in the News Recent Obituaries Related Links Biographies by Category Alekhine, Alexander,…

proletariat

(Encyclopedia) proletariatproletariatprōlətârˈēət [key], in Marxian theory, the class of exploited workers and wage earners who depend on the sale of their labor for their means of existence. In…

Rykov, Aleksey Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia) Rykov, Aleksey IvanovichRykov, Aleksey Ivanovichəlyĭksyāˈ ēväˈnəvĭch rēˈkôf [key], 1881–1938, Russian revolutionary and Communist leader. A Bolshevik, he became commissar for the…

Yakovlev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich

(Encyclopedia) Yakovlev, Aleksandr NikolayevichYakovlev, Aleksandr Nikolayevichəlyĭksänˈdər nyĭkəlīˈəvĭch yäˈkôvlĕf [key], 1923–2005, Russian historian and diplomat, b. Korolevo, studied Columbia…

Victor MURDOCK, Congress, KS (1871-1945)

MURDOCK, Victor, a Representative from Kansas; born in Burlingame, Osage County, Kans. March 18, 1871; moved with his parents to Wichita in 1872; attended the common schools and Lewis Academy…