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Dickey, Eric Jerome
(Encyclopedia) Dickey, Eric Jerome, 1961- 2021, African-American author, b. Memphis, TN, Memphis State Univ. (BS, 1983). Dickey studied engineering and…Ryle, Gilbert
(Encyclopedia) Ryle, Gilbert, 1900–1976, British philosopher. A graduate of Oxford, he became a tutor at Christ Church, Oxford, and later was Waynflete professor of metaphysical philosophy (1945–68)…white-collar workers
(Encyclopedia) white-collar workers, broad occupational grouping of workers engaged in nonmanual labor; frequently contrasted with blue-collar (manual) employees. American in origin, the term has…Pohl, Frederik
(Encyclopedia) Pohl, Frederik (Frederik George Pohl, Jr.)Pohl, Frederikpōl [key], 1919–2013, American science-fiction writer, b. New York City. Early in his career he often collaborated with other…species
(Encyclopedia) species, in biology, a category of classification, the original and still the basic unit in the demarcation of plant and animal types. The species marks the boundary between…Freedom of Information Act
(Encyclopedia) Freedom of Information Act (1966), law requiring that U.S. government agencies release their records to the public on request, unless the information sought falls into a category…criminology
(Encyclopedia) criminology, the study of crime, society's response to it, and its prevention, including examination of the environmental, hereditary, or psychological causes of crime, modes of…Consumer Complaints Against Top U.S. Airlines by Category
Consumer Complaints Against Top U.S. Airlines by CategoryComplaint category1990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002TOTAL7,7036,1065,6394,4385,1794,6295,7826,3947,99417,38120,56416…causality
(Encyclopedia) causality, in philosophy, the relationship between cause and effect. A distinction is often made between a cause that produces something new (e.g., a moth from a caterpillar) and one…Minority Oscar Winners in Major Acting Categories: Forest Whitaker
Jennie Wood 1. Hattie McDaniel 2. José Ferrer 3. Anthony Quinn 4. Rita Moreno 5. Sidney Poitier 6. Sacheen Littlefeather 7. Louis Gossett, Jr. 8. Whoopi Goldberg 9. Mercedes Ruehl 10. Cuba Gooding…Trending
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