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New Jersey College for Women

(Encyclopedia)New Jersey College for Women: see Rutgers Univ. ...

New School for Social Research

(Encyclopedia)New School for Social Research: see New School Univ. ...

AC, abbreviation for alternating current

(Encyclopedia)AC: see alternating current.

Mississippi State University for Women

(Encyclopedia)Mississippi State University for Women, at Columbus; the first state-supported women's college; chartered 1884, opened 1885 as Mississippi Industrial Institute and College, renamed Mississippi State C...

Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

(Encyclopedia)Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy: see infrared astronomy. ...

CD, abbreviation for compact disc

(Encyclopedia)CD: see compact disc.

Perkins School for the Blind

(Encyclopedia)Perkins School for the Blind, at Watertown, Mass.; chartered 1829, opened 1832 in South Boston as the New England Asylum for the Blind, with Samuel G. Howe as its director; moved 1912. From 1877 to 19...

Three Emperors' League

(Encyclopedia)Three Emperors' League, informal alliance among Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Russia, announced officially in 1872 on the occasion of the meeting of emperors Francis Joseph, William I, and Alexander I...

Pedro II

(Encyclopedia)Pedro II (Dom Pedro II de Alcântara), 1825–91, emperor of Brazil (1831–89). At the age of five, he succeeded under a regency when his father, Pedro I, abdicated. He was declared of age in 1840. P...

Kaboré, Roch Marc Christian

(Encyclopedia)Kaboré, Roch Marc Christian, 1957–, Burkinabé political leader. Following a career in banking, he joined Blaise Compaoré's government, serving as minister of transport and communications (1989–...