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Oxnam, Garfield Bromley
(Encyclopedia) Oxnam, Garfield BromleyOxnam, Garfield Bromleyŏkˈsnăm, –snəm [key], 1891–1963, American Methodist bishop, b. Sonora, Calif., grad. Univ. of Southern California (B.A., 1913) and Boston…Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
(Encyclopedia) Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, case decided in 1978 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court held in a closely divided decision that race could be one of the factors…Cortés, Sea of
(Encyclopedia) Cortés, Sea of: see California, Gulf of.Santa Barbara Islands
(Encyclopedia) Santa Barbara Islands, California: see Channel Islands.Owens Lake
(Encyclopedia) Owens Lake: see under Owens, river, California.Molina, Mario
(Encyclopedia) Molina, Mario (Mario José Molina-Pasquel y Henríquez), 1943–2020, Mexican chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1972. Molina was a professor at the Univ. of California, Irvine…Scripps Institution of Oceanography
(Encyclopedia) Scripps Institution of Oceanography: see California, Univ. of.Beach Boys, The
(Encyclopedia) Beach Boys, The, American rock music band formed in 1961 by brothers Brian Wilson, 1942–, Dennis Wilson, 1944–83, and Carl…pepperwood
(Encyclopedia) pepperwood, name for several trees, among them the California laurel.Bakke, Allan
(Encyclopedia) Bakke, Allan: see Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.Trending
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