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Ralph Edwards 2005 Deaths

Ralph EdwardsAge: 92 pioneer in radio and television who created the hit shows that went on to become American institutions: This Is Your Life and Truth or Consequences. Often called the “…

Julius Barnathan 1997 Deaths

Julius BarnathanAge: 70 a television innovator who as an engineering executive at ABC is credited with developing the use of long-lens cameras to cover sporting events and closed-captioned…

Bert Bolin Biography

climatologistDied: December 30, 2007 (Stockholm, Sweden) Best Known as: leader of UN climate panel that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Bert…

Jack LaLanne Biography

Fitness GuruBorn: 9/26/14Birthplace: San Francisco, CA A self-proclaimed junk food addict and sugarholic whose early life was plagued by headaches, bulimia, and a…

National Marine Sanctuary Program

(Encyclopedia) National Marine Sanctuary Program, federally owned marine and Great Lakes reserves, administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The program consists of…

Saint Joseph, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Saint Joseph, river, 210 mi (338 km) long, rising in S Mich. and flowing generally westward in wide curves to Lake Michigan at Benton Harbor, Mich. South Bend, Ind., is on the river,…

Longmont

(Encyclopedia) Longmont, city (1990 pop. 51,555), Boulder co., N Colo.; inc. 1885. It is a trade and processing center for a rich farm area irrigated by the Colorado–Big Thompson project. Vitamins,…

social security

(Encyclopedia) social security, government program designed to provide for the basic economic security and welfare of individuals and their dependents. The programs classified under the term social…

Alicia Vikander

Swedish actress Alicia Vikander had a big year in 2015, appearing in Alex Garland's Ex Machina, and then playing an Oscar-winning role in The Danish Girl (opposite Eddie Redmayne). Alicia Vikander…