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drift

(Encyclopedia) drift, deposit of mixed clay, gravel, sand, and boulders transported and laid down by glaciers. Stratified, or glaciofluvial, drift is carried by waters flowing from the melting ice of…

Heizer, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Heizer, Michael, 1944–, American sculptor and painter, b. Berkeley, Calif., studied San Francisco Art Institute (1963–64). Heizer was one of the artists who developed land art in the…

National Science Foundation

(Encyclopedia) National Science Foundation (NSF), an independent agency in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government concerned with promoting a national science policy by supporting basic…

Plymouth, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Plymouth. 1 Uninc. town (1990 pop. 45,608), seat of Plymouth co., SE Mass., on Plymouth Bay; founded 1620. Diverse light manufacturing is important to the economy. The town, with…

Charles O'CONNOR, Congress, OK (1878-1940)

O'CONNOR Charles , a Representative from Oklahoma; born on a farm near Edina, Knox County, Mo., October 26, 1878; attended the rural schools; was graduated from the State Teachers' College,…

O’CONNOR, Charles, Congress, OK (1878-1940)

O’CONNOR, Charles, a Representative from Oklahoma; born on a farm near Edina, Knox County, Mo., October 26, 1878; attended the rural schools; was graduated from the State Teachers’ College,…

Algebra: Whipping Word Problems

Whipping Word Problems Algebra Whipping Word Problems Interest Problems Area and Volume Problems Speed and Distance Problems Mixture and Combination Problems The mythological Greek gods were…

John Mark Karr

John Mark Karr was arrested in Thailand in 2006 -- but then released two weeks later -- in connection with the 1996 death of JonBenet Ramsey. JonBenet Ramsey was a six-year-old girl found strangled…

Ed PERLMUTTER, Congress, CO (1953)

PERLMUTTER Ed , a Representative from Colorado; born in Denver, Jefferson County, Colo., May 1, 1953; graduated from Jefferson High School, Edgewater, Colo., 1971; B.A., University of Colorado,…

Jared POLIS, Congress, CO (1975)

POLIS Jared , a Representative from Colorado; born in Boulder, Boulder County, Colo., May 12, 1975; A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, N. J., 1996; business owner; entrepreneur; member of the…