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(Encyclopedia)Conroe kŏnˈrō [key], city (2020 pop. 89,956), seat of Montgomery co., SE Tex.; inc. 1885. ...Estrada Cabrera, Manuel
(Encyclopedia)Estrada Cabrera, Manuel mänwĕlˈ esträˈᵺä käbrāˈrä [key], 1857–1924, president of Guatemala (1898–1920). He ruled as an absolute dictator, and there were several revolutionary movements...Head, Bessie
(Encyclopedia)Head, Bessie, 1937–86, South African writer. Born in South Africa to a white mother and black father, she was placed in foster homes and orphanages as a child. After 1964, she lived in exile in Bots...Aukrust, Olav
(Encyclopedia)Aukrust, Olav ōˈläv ouˈkro͝ost [key], 1883–1929, Norwegian lyric poet. Aukrust's work, which contains strong religious and nationalist sentiment, draws much of its inspiration from Norway's pea...Kroll, Leon
(Encyclopedia)Kroll, Leon krōl [key], 1884–1974, American painter and lithographer, b. New York City. Kroll studied in New York with J. H. Twachtman and later in Paris. He returned to New York, where he became a...Klyuchevsky, Vasily Osipovich
(Encyclopedia)Klyuchevsky, Vasily Osipovich vəsēˈlyē ôˈsĭpəvĭch klyo͞ochĕvˈskē [key], 1841–1911, Russian historian. Interpreting history from a sociological viewpoint, he emphasized geographic and ec...Knox, Frank
(Encyclopedia)Knox, Frank (William Franklin Knox), 1874–1944, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1940–44), b. Boston. He joined the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War and also served in World War I. Knox was gen...Calbuco
(Encyclopedia)Calbuco, active volcano, 6,570 ft (2,003 m), Llanquihue prov., S central Chile, in the Andes on SE shore of Lake Llanquihue, 20 mi (32 km) NE of Puerto Montt. An explosive stratovolcano, Calbuco under...bleaching powder
(Encyclopedia)bleaching powder, white or nearly white powder that is usually a mixture of calcium chloride hypochlorite, CaCl(OCl); calcium hypochlorite, Ca(OCl)2; and calcium chloride, CaCl2. Sometimes called chlo...Rattazzi, Urbano
(Encyclopedia)Rattazzi, Urbano o͞orbäˈnō rät-tätˈtsē [key], 1808–73, Italian premier (1862, 1867). A leader of the left in the Sardinian parliament, he was briefly (1849) minister of the interior and late...Browse by Subject
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