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Miller, Marvin Julian

(Encyclopedia) Miller, Marvin Julian, 1917–2012, U.S. economist and labor leader, b. Bronx, N.Y., grad. New York Univ. (1938). He worked at the National War Labor Board during World War II, and later…

Rogge, Jacques

(Encyclopedia) Rogge, JacquesRogge, Jacqueszhäk rōˈkhə [key], 1942–, Belgian sports executive, b. Ghent. An orthopedic surgeon with a degree in sports medicine, Rogge is an accomplished sailor who…

Ripley, Robert LeRoy

(Encyclopedia) Ripley, Robert LeRoy, 1890–1949, American cartoonist, b. Santa Rosa, Calif., as Leroy Robert Ripley. The creator of the Believe It or Not! newspaper cartoon, Ripley began his career at…

Gstaad

(Encyclopedia) GstaadGstaadkshtät [key], village, Bern canton, W Switzerland. It is a fashionable winter sports resort. Cheese and wood products are made in the village.

Arosa

(Encyclopedia) Arosa Arosa ärōˈzä [key], town, alt. c.6,000 ft (1,830 m), Grisons canton, E Switzerland. It is a health resort and sports center.

Blatter, Sepp

(Encyclopedia) Blatter, Sepp (Joseph S. Blatter), 1936–, Swiss sports executive, grad. Univ. of Lausanne, 1959. He served as general secretary of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation and director of…

Fagersta

(Encyclopedia) Fagersta Fagersta fäˈgərstäˌ [key], city, Västmanland co., S central Sweden. It is an industrial…

Pontresina

(Encyclopedia) PontresinaPontresinapōntrāzēˈnä [key], village, Grisons canton, SE Switzerland, at the foot of the Bernina Alps. It is a summer and winter resort and sports center.

skeleton, in winter sports

(Encyclopedia) skeleton, in winter sports, a type of small, very low, steel-frame sled on which one person, lying face down, slides headfirst down snowy hillsides or down steeply banked, curving,…

Andermatt

(Encyclopedia) AndermattAndermattänˈdərmät [key], village, Uri canton, S central Switzerland. It is a road junction, health resort, and sports center. The St. Gotthard Tunnel runs beneath the village…