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An Nhon

(Encyclopedia)An Nhon: see Quy Nhon, Vietnam.

Binh Dinh

(Encyclopedia)Binh Dinh: see Quy Nhon, Vietnam. ...

Qui Nhon

(Encyclopedia)Qui Nhon, Vietnam: see Quy Nhon.

Saigon

(Encyclopedia)Saigon: see Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. ...

Stone, Robert

(Encyclopedia)Stone, Robert, 1937–2015, American novelist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. During his early years he was in the Navy, and later he joined Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters in their drug-enhanced adventures. He...

Song Dong Nai

(Encyclopedia)Song Dong Nai: see Dong Nai, river, Vietnam. ...

Urban League, National

(Encyclopedia)Urban League, National, voluntary nonpartisan community service agency, founded in 1910, whose goal is to help end racial segregation and discrimination in the United States, especially toward African...

MacNeil, Hermon Atkins

(Encyclopedia)MacNeil, Hermon Atkins, 1866–1947, American sculptor, b. Chelsea, Mass., studied in Paris and in Rome. His first work of importance was for the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, but he is...

Las Cases, Emmanuel, comte de

(Encyclopedia)Las Cases, Emmanuel, comte de ĕmänüĕlˈ kôNt də läs käz [key], 1766–1842, French historian. He accompanied Napoleon into exile to St. Helena, where the emperor dictated a part of his memoirs...

Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac

(Encyclopedia)Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...