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Kennan, George Frost

(Encyclopedia) Kennan, George Frost, 1904–2005, U.S. diplomat and historian, b. Milwaukee, Wis., grad. Princeton, 1925. A brilliant strategist and among the most influential and intellectual…

cryolite

(Encyclopedia) cryolite or kryolitecryoliteboth: krīˈəlītˌ [key] [Gr.,=frost stone], mineral usually pure white or colorless but sometimes tinted in shades of pink, brown, or even black and having a…

Arches National Park

(Encyclopedia) Arches National Park, 76,519 acres (30,979 hectares), E Utah; est. as a national monument 1929, designated a national park 1971. Located in red-rock country and overlooking the gorge…

Edith M. Thomas: "Frost To-Night"

"Frost To-Night"Edith M. ThomasApple-green west and an orange bar, And the crystal eye of a lone, one star … And, "Child, take the shears and cut what you will, Frost to-night — so clear and…

George FROST, Congress, NH (1720-1796)

FROST, George, a Delegate from New Hampshire; born in Newcastle, N.H., April 26, 1720; entered business in Kittery Point, near Portsmouth; followed the sea as captain for twenty years;…