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Play Ku

(Encyclopedia)Play Ku, Vietnam: see Pleiku.

Tourane

(Encyclopedia)Tourane: see Da Nang, Vietnam.

Donnai

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

An Nhon

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

Qui Nhon

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

Binh Dinh

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

Chisholm, Shirley Anita St. Hill

(Encyclopedia)Chisholm, Shirley Anita St. Hill chĭzˈəm [key], 1924–2005, U.S. congresswoman (1969–83), b. Brooklyn, N.Y. An expert on early childhood education, she worked (1959–64) as a consultant to the ...

Johnson, Denis

(Encyclopedia)Johnson, Denis, 1949–2017, American writer, b. Munich, Germany, where his father was a diplomat; B.A. Univ. of Iowa, 1971, M.F.A. Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1974. Years of drinking and taking drugs end...

O'Neill, Tip

(Encyclopedia)O'Neill, Tip (Thomas Philip O'Neill, Jr.), 1912–94, American political leader, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1977–87), b. Cambridge, Mass. A Democrat and unwavering New Deal libera...

McGrory, Mary

(Encyclopedia)McGrory, Mary, 1918–2004, American journalist, b. Boston, grad. Emmanuel College. McGrory wrote with clarity, lyricism, and wit on the events and personalities of the five decades spanned by her gro...