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Rust Belt

(Encyclopedia) Rust Belt or Rustbelt, economic region in the NE quadrant of the United States, focused on the Midwestern (see Midwest) states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, as well as…

Portage

(Encyclopedia) PortagePortage[1,] [2] pôrˈtəj; [3] pôrˈtĭj [key]. 1 Town (1990 pop. 29,060), Porter co., NW Ind., a suburb of Gary, on Lake Michigan; inc. 1959. The town, which was once surrounded by…

Gadjo Dilo

Director/Writer:Tony GatlifLions Gate Films; NR; 97 minutesRelease:8/98Cast:Romain Duris, Rona Hartner and Isidor Serban The third installment in Tony Gatlif's Gypsy trilogy, following 1994's…

Louis Gary CLEMENTE, Congress, NY (1908-1968)

CLEMENTE Louis Gary , a Representative from New York; born in New York City June 10, 1908; attended St. Ann's Academy in New York City and LaSalle Military Academy, Oakdale, L.I., N.Y.; received…

Frank Boyd GARY, Congress, SC (1860-1922)

Senate Years of Service: 1908-1909 Party: Democrat GARY Frank Boyd , a Senator from South Carolina; born in Cokesbury, Abbeville County, S.C., March 9, 1860; attended the Cokesbury…

Julian Vaughan GARY, Congress, VA (1892-1973)

GARY Julian Vaughan , a Representative from Virginia; born in Richmond, Va., February 25, 1892; attended the public schools; University of Richmond, B.A., 1912 and from its law department, B.L.,…

TAYLOR, Gary Eugene (Gene), Congress, MS (1953)

TAYLOR, Gary Eugene (Gene), a Representative from Mississippi; born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., September 17, 1953; graduated from De LaSalle High School, New Orleans, La., 1971; B.A.,…

Gary Eugene (Gene) TAYLOR, Congress, MS (1953)

TAYLOR Gary Eugene (Gene) , a Representative from Mississippi; born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., September 17, 1953; graduated from De LaSalle High School, New Orleans, La., 1971; B.A.,…

Broglie

(Encyclopedia) BroglieBrogliebrôˈyə, brôglēˈ [key], French noble family of Piedmontese origin, who settled in France in the 17th cent. Victor Maurice, comte de Broglie, 1647–1727, was marshal of…

Samuelson, Paul Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Samuelson, Paul Anthony, 1915–2009, American economist, b. Gary, Ind., grad. Univ. of Chicago (B.A., 1935), Harvard (M.A., 1936; Ph.D., 1941). Appointed a professor of economics at the…