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Cabinet Members Under Reagan
Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig, Jr., 1981George P. Shultz, 1982Secretary of the Treasury Donald T. Regan, 1981James A. Baker 3rd, 1985Nicholas F. Brady, 1988Secretary of Defense Caspar…Göttingen
(Encyclopedia) Göttingen Göttingen götˈĭng-ən [key], city, Lower Saxony, central Germany, on the Leine River. It is…Pausanias, geographer of ancient Greece
(Encyclopedia) Pausanias, fl. a.d. 150, traveler and geographer, probably b. Lydia. His Description of Greece is an invaluable source for the topography, monuments, and legends of ancient Greece.…Dwight, Harrison Gray Otis
(Encyclopedia) Dwight, Harrison Gray Otis, 1803–62, American Congregational missionary to the Armenians, b. Conway, Mass. He served the Armenian population of Constantinople for 30 years. His travels…Bodleian Library
(Encyclopedia) Bodleian LibraryBodleian Librarybŏdˈlēən, bŏdlēˈən [key], at the Univ. of Oxford. The original library, destroyed in the reign of Edward VI, was replaced in 1602, chiefly through the…Rodney, Caesar
(Encyclopedia) Rodney, Caesar, 1728–84, American political leader, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. near Dover, Del. He was a member of the Delaware assembly (1761–70, 1772–76), its…Esek
(Encyclopedia) EsekEsekēˈsĕk [key], in the Bible, one of Isaac's wells.Lachaise, Gaston
(Encyclopedia) Lachaise, GastonLachaise, GastongästôNˈ läshĕzˈ [key], 1882–1935, American sculptor, b. Paris. After studying in Paris, he emigrated to the United States in 1906. For 12 years he…Carey, George Leonard
(Encyclopedia) Carey, George Leonard, 1935–, archbishop of Canterbury (1991–2002). From a working-class background, he graduated from the London School of Divinity in 1962 and was ordained the same…Ellison, Ralph
(Encyclopedia) Ellison, Ralph (Ralph Waldo Ellison), 1914–94, African-American author, b. Oklahoma City, studied Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee Univ.). Originally a trumpet player and aspiring…Trending
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