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Jon Huntsman: Campaign Issues

  Where he stands   Jon Huntsman Related Links Barack Obama: Campaign Issues Campaign 2012 Closest Presidential Races Presidential Gallery Jon Huntsman’s campaign…

Arason, Jon

(Encyclopedia) Arason, Jon: see Aresson, Jon.

Aresson, Jon

(Encyclopedia) Aresson, Areson, or Arason, JonAresson, Areson, or Arason, Jonall: yōn äˈrĕsôn [key], 1484?–1550, Icelandic churchman. The last Roman Catholic bishop in Iceland before the Reformation…

Utah, University of

(Encyclopedia) Utah, University of, at Salt Lake City; coeducational; state supported; opened 1850, chartered 1851 as Univ. of Deseret, closed 1851–67. It was empowered to give degrees in 1884 and…

Thóroddsen, Jón

(Encyclopedia) Thóroddsen, JónThóroddsen, Jónyōn tōˈrôtsĕn [key], 1818–68, Icelandic novelist and poet. He studied law in Copenhagen intermittently from 1841 to 1850, fought in the Danish army, and…

Sigurðsson, Jón

(Encyclopedia) Sigurðsson, JónSigurðsson, Jónyōn sĭˈkhürᵺsōn [key], 1811–79, Icelandic statesman and historian. A student in Copenhagen from 1833, he developed an interest in Icelandic literature and…

January 2012 Current Events: U.S. News

World News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of January 2012. Iowa Caucus Kicks off U.S. Presidential Election…

Brewer's: Wild Huntsman

The German tradition is that a spectral hunter with dogs frequents the Black Forest to chase the wild animals. (SirWalterScott: Wild Huntsman…

Fosse, Jon

(Encyclopedia) Jon Fosse, 1959– , b. Haugesund, Norway, Norwegian author and playwright, studied at the University of Bergen (B.A.; M.A, 1987). His…

Sassoon, Siegfried

(Encyclopedia) Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886–1967, English poet and novelist. A heroic and decorated officer in World War I, he nonetheless expressed his conviction of the brutality and waste of war in…