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Stern, Robert A. M.
(Encyclopedia) Stern, Robert A. M. (Robert Arthur Morton Stern), 1939–, American architect, b. New York City. He studied architecture at Yale Univ., became a practicing architect in the mid-1960s,…Rybinsk
(Encyclopedia) RybinskRybinskrĭˈbĭnsk [key], formerly Andropov, city (1989 pop. 251,000), NE European Russia, on the upper Volga and the Rybinsk Reservoir. The site of a hydroelectric station, it is…Puerto Montt
(Encyclopedia) Puerto MonttPuerto Monttpwārˈtō [key]Puerto Monttmōnt [key], city (1992 pop. 130,730), capital of Los Lagos region, S central Chile, a port on Ancud Gulf, an inlet of the Pacific…Rasmussen, Anders Fogh
(Encyclopedia) Rasmussen, Anders FoghRasmussen, Anders Foghänˈdərs fō räsˈm&oobreve;sən [key], 1953–, Danish political leader, prime minister of Denmark (2001–9), b. Ginnerup. Trained as an…Ouidah
(Encyclopedia) OuidahOuidahwēˈdä [key] or WhydahWhydahhwīˈdə [key], town (1992 pop. 32,474), S Benin, a port on the Gulf of Guinea. It was the capital of a small state founded about the 16th cent.…Nasrallah, Hassan
(Encyclopedia) Nasrallah, HassanNasrallah, Hassanhäˈsən näsräˈlä [key], 1960–, Lebanese political and religious leader. A Shiite Muslim cleric, he became politically active in the 1970s and joined…Roberts, Richard John
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, Richard John, 1943–, British biochemist, Ph.D., Univ. of Sheffield, 1968. Roberts joined James D. Watson's Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York in 1972, becoming…Reinfeldt, Fredrik
(Encyclopedia) Reinfeldt, FredrikReinfeldt, Fredrikfrāˈdrĭk rīnˈfĕld [key] 1965–, Swedish politician. A member of the center-right Moderate party, he joined its Youth League in the 1980s, was first…River Brethren
(Encyclopedia) River Brethren, name used to designate certain Christian bodies originating in 1770, during a revival movement among German settlers in E Pennsylvania. In the 1750s, Mennonite refugees…Sontag, Susan
(Encyclopedia) Sontag, SusanSontag, Susansŏnˈtäg [key], 1933–2004, American writer and critic, b. New York City. She grew up in Arizona and California, studied philosophy at the Univ. of Chicago,…Trending
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