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Norway Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Norway Index: People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Norway Relations PEOPLEEthnically, Norwegians are…

James Irvine DUNGAN, Congress, OH (1844-1931)

DUNGAN James Irvine , a Representative from Ohio; born in Canonsburg, Washington County, Pa., May 29, 1844; attended the common schools; received an academic education at the local academy at…

Jacob JOHNSON, Congress, UT (1847-1925)

JOHNSON Jacob , a Representative from Utah; born in Aalborg, Denmark, November 1, 1847; immigrated to the United States in 1854 and was admitted to citizenship in California in 1868; attended…

Richard Bernard STONE, Congress, FL (1928)

Senate Years of Service: 1975-1980 Party: Democrat STONE Richard Bernard , a Senator from Florida; born in New York City, September 22, 1928; attended Dade County, Fla., public schools; graduated…

Victor Borge

Name at birth: Børge RosenbaumVictor Borge was once called "the funniest pianist on Earth" by The Washington Post. He toured the world for decades with his popular one-man show, which mixed classical…

Rosters

The 2001 U.S. Team (the 2001 event was postponed one year due to safety concerns after the September attacks on America) players were chosen on the basis of points awarded for wins and top-…

Pomerania

(Encyclopedia) PomeraniaPomeraniapŏmˌərāˈnēə [key], region of N central Europe, extending along the Baltic Sea from a line W of Stralsund, Germany, to the Vistula River in Poland. From 1919 to 1939,…

NATO in Kosovo

United We Stand? by Tasha Vincent This article was posted on April 16, 1999. NATO Countries BelgiumCzech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyThe NetherlandsSpainTurkeyUnited KingdomUnited…

Estimated Earned Income, by Country, 2004

(in U.S. dollars) Roughly derived on the basis of the ratio of the female nonagricultural wage to the male nonagricultural wage, the female and male shares of the economically active population,…