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Cousy, Bob

(Encyclopedia) Cousy, Bob (Robert Joseph Cousy)Cousy, Bobk&oomacr;ˈzē [key], 1928–, American basketball player, b. New York City. During his career with the Boston Celtics (1951–63), Cousy…

Basie, Count

(Encyclopedia) Basie, Count (William Basie)Basie, Countbāˈsē [key], 1904–84, American jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer, b. Red Bank, N.J. After working in dance halls and vaudeville in New York…

Pompeo, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Pompeo, Mike (Michael Richard Pompeo), 1963–, U.S. politician and government official, b. Orange, Calif., grad. U.S. Military Academy, 1986, Harvard Law School, 1994. He served in the…

Killebrew, Harmon Clayton

(Encyclopedia) Killebrew, Harmon Clayton, 1936–2011, American baseball player, b. Payette, Idaho. A soft-spoken slugger nicknamed “Killer,” he played in the American League, beginning (1954) with the…

Hsia Kuei

(Encyclopedia) Hsia KueiHsia Kueishyä gwā [key], c.1180–1230, Chinese painter of the Sung dynasty. Little is known of his life. He and his contemporary Ma Yüan were regarded as the greatest landscape…

Medary, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Medary, SamuelMedary, Samuelmĕdˈərē [key], 1801–64, American journalist, b. Montgomery co., Pa. In Ohio after 1825, he edited the Ohio Sun at Bethel and later the Ohio Statesman at…

Martin, Homer Dodge

(Encyclopedia) Martin, Homer Dodge, 1836–97, American landscape painter, b. Albany, N.Y. His earlier works are in the style of the Hudson River school, but after his stay in France (1881–86) his work…

Hays

(Encyclopedia) Hays, city (2020 pop. 21,116), seat of Ellis co., W central Kans.; inc. 1885. It is a rail, trade, and medical center in a grain, cattle…

Potawatomi

(Encyclopedia) PotawatomiPotawatomipŏtˌəwŏtˈəmē [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American…

Wichita, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) WichitaWichitawĭchˈĭtô [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Caddoan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They formerly…