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Kendall, Henry Way

(Encyclopedia) Kendall, Henry Way, 1926–99, American physicist. A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kendall won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics with Jerome Friedman and Richard…

Half-Way Covenant

(Encyclopedia) Half-Way Covenant, a doctrinal decision of the Congregational churches in New England. The first generation of Congregationalists had decided that only adults with personal experience…

right of way

(Encyclopedia) right of way, in land and air traffic and in sea navigation, rules that determine precedence in the use of traffic lanes. The rules are framed in the simplest possible terms and with…

Anatomy and
Physiology: Fibers Every Which Way

Fibers Every Which WayAnatomy and PhysiologyThe MusclesActing in ConcertFibers Every Which Way Muscles are sometimes named by virtue of the direction of the muscle fibers. There are only three…

Anatomy and
Physiology: It's a Long Way Down

It's a Long Way DownAnatomy and PhysiologyThe Digestive SystemStops Along the WayIt's a Long Way DownJack-of-All-TradesRunning Along the TractPancreatic Panacea?What We Do with Our Food The…

Williams, Betty

(Encyclopedia) Williams, Betty, 1943–2020, Northern Irish peace activist, b. Belfast as Elizabeth Smyth. In Aug., 1976, Williams, a receptionist, witnessed the death of three children when a car…

James Way COVERT, Congress, NY (1842-1910)

COVERT, James Way, a Representative from New York; born at Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y., September 2, 1842; attended the public schools and received an academic education in Locust Valley, N.…