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Coe, Sebastian Newbold, Baron Coe of Ranmore
(Encyclopedia) Coe, Sebastian Newbold, Baron Coe of Ranmore, 1956–, British runner, politician, and athletic official. He set several world records as a middle-distance runner, including one in the…Cutty Sark
(Encyclopedia) Cutty Sark, three-masted British clipper ship, launched 1869 from Dumbarton, Scotland. The last tea clipper to be built (and the only to survive), she set out on her maiden voyage from…Brown, Charles Quinton, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Charles Quinton, Jr., 1962–, American air force general, b. San Antonio, Tex., B.S Texas Tech Univ., 1984, M.S. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., 1994. An ROTC graduate, he was…Sacks, Oliver Wolf
(Encyclopedia) Sacks, Oliver Wolf, 1933–2015, British neurologist and author, b. London, educated at Queen's College, Oxford. In 1960 he moved to the United States, where he continued his medical…Lee, Harper
(Encyclopedia) Lee, Harper (Nelle Harper Lee), 1926–2016, American novelist, b. Monroeville, Ala. A member of an old Southern family and related to Robert E. Lee, she was a lifelong friend of Truman…Macapagal-Arroyo, Gloria
(Encyclopedia) Macapagal-Arroyo, GloriaMacapagal-Arroyo, Gloriamäkäpägälˈ- [key]Macapagal-Arroyo, Gloriaärōˈyō [key], 1947–, Philippine political leader, president of the Philippines (2001–10),…Coen Brothers
(Encyclopedia) Coen Brothers, American filmmakers Joel Coen, 1955–, and Ethan Coen, 1958–, both b. St. Louis Park, Minn. Joel studied at New York Univ. Film School (B.A., 1978), Ethan at Princeton (B…Edelson, Mary Beth
(Encyclopedia) Edelson, Mary Beth,, 1933-2021, American painter, sculptor, performance artist, and leader of the feminist art movement, b. East…Gilgamesh
(Encyclopedia) GilgameshGilgameshgĭlˈgəmĕsh [key], in Babylonian legend, king of Uruk. He is the hero of the Gilgamesh epic, written on 12 tablets c.2000 b.c. and discovered among the ruins at…Hastert, Dennis
(Encyclopedia) Hastert, Dennis (John Dennis “Denny” Hastert)Hastert, Dennishăsˈtərt [key], 1942–, U.S. congressman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2007), b. Aurora, Ill. He…Trending
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