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(Encyclopedia)Wilson Dam: see Tennessee Valley Authority. ...Wilson's thrush
(Encyclopedia)Wilson's thrush: see thrush.Baldwin, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Baldwin, Robert, 1804–58, Canadian statesman, leader of the movement for representative government in Canada, b. York (now Toronto), Ont. His father, William Warren Baldwin (1775–1844), was a lead...Gorman, Arthur Pue
(Encyclopedia)Gorman, Arthur Pue, 1839–1906, American legislator, b. Woodstock, Md. After serving from 1869 to 1879 in the Maryland legislature, he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1880. Gorman had by this time ...Wilson cloud chamber
(Encyclopedia)Wilson cloud chamber: see cloud chamber. ...Dorr's Rebellion
(Encyclopedia)Dorr's Rebellion: see Dorr, Thomas Wilson. ...Prime Ministers of Great Britain (table)
(Encyclopedia)Prime Ministers of Great Britain 1 The modern party system did not evolve until the end of the 18th cent. ...Jenkins of Hillhead, Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron
(Encyclopedia)Jenkins of Hillhead, Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron, 1920–2003, British politician, b. Abersychan, Wales; grad. Oxford. He entered the House of Commons in 1948 as a Labour member and soon became one of t...Reagan, Nancy Davis
(Encyclopedia)Reagan, Nancy Davis: see under Reagan, Ronald Wilson. ...Page, Walter Hines
(Encyclopedia)Page, Walter Hines, 1855–1918, American journalist and diplomat, b. Cary, N.C. He became (1880) a reporter for the St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette and wrote a series of articles on the problems of the Sout...Browse by Subject
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