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Dee Ward Hock Biography

Dee Ward Hockfinancial services pioneerBorn: 1930Birthplace: Utah Lack of a formal education did not prevent Hock from foreseeing the future of financial services, where he catapulted his own…

Helen Ward 1998 Deaths

Helen Wardsinger sang with Benny Goodman's band in the 1930sBorn: 1916Died: 1998J. T. WalshR - ZJerome Weidman

Rodger Ward 2004 Deaths

Rodger WardAge: 83 race-car driver who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1959 and 1962. Died: Anaheim, Calif., July 5, 2004Walter WagerR - ZEleanor Holm Whalen

Brewer's: Carbuncle of Ward Hill

(The). A mysterious carbuncle visible enough to those who stand at the foot of the hill in May, June or July; but never beheld by anyone who has succeeded in reaching the hill top. “I…

epidemiology

(Encyclopedia) epidemiology, field of medicine concerned with the study of epidemics, outbreaks of disease that affect large numbers of people. Epidemiologists, using sophisticated statistical…

orphan

(Encyclopedia) orphan: see adoption; foundling hospital; guardian and ward.

Hicks, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Hicks, Thomas, 1823–90, American portrait painter, b. Newtown, Pa. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and abroad, where he lived for several years. He settled in…

melanoma

(Encyclopedia) melanoma: see skin cancer.

CAT scan

(Encyclopedia) CAT scanCAT scankăt [key] [computerized axial tomography], X-ray technique that allows relatively safe, painless, and rapid diagnosis in previously inaccessible areas of the body; also…

BRCA gene

(Encyclopedia) BRCA gene: see breast cancer.