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Francis Burton HARRISON, Congress, NY (1873-1957)
HARRISON Francis Burton , a Representative from New York; born in New York City December 18, 1873; was graduated from Cutler School at New York City, from Yale University in 1895, and from the New…October 2013 Current Events: Disasters & Science News
World News | Business News | U.S. News Here are the key events in Science and Disasters news for the month of October 2013. Boat Sinks in the…August 2017 Current Events: Disaster News
Top of Page Science & Technology News | US News | World News The world, unfortunately, can be a very dangerous place. Accidents and natural disasters occur regularly and without warning. Please…Terrorist Trouble Spots Around the World
by David Johnson The U.S. State Department cites seven nations—Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria—as state sponsors of terrorism. The nations have long been…Miles, Nelson Appleton
(Encyclopedia) Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839–1925, American army officer, b. near Westminster, Mass. In 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil War, he left his job in a Boston store and organized a…Dewey, George
(Encyclopedia) Dewey, GeorgeDewey, Georged&oomacr;ˈē, dy&oomacr;ˈ– [key], 1837–1917, American admiral, hero of the battle of Manila, b. Montpelier, Vt., grad. Annapolis, 1858. He saw active…pitta
(Encyclopedia) pittapittapĭtˈə [key], name used to refer to a genus (Pitta) of small, plump, brightly colored birds. The genus, including some twenty-three species, constitutes the whole of the…oriole
(Encyclopedia) oriole, common name applied to various perching birds of the Old (family Oriolidae) and New (family Icteridae) Worlds. The European orioles are allied to the crows, while the American…Corregidor
(Encyclopedia) CorregidorCorregidorkərĕˈgĭdôrˌ [key], historic fortified island (c.2 sq mi/5 sq km), at the entrance to Manila Bay, just off Bataan peninsula of Luzon island, the Philippines. From…buffalo, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) buffalo, name commonly applied to the American bison but correctly restricted to certain related African and Asian mammals of the cattle family. The water buffalo, or Indian buffalo,…Trending
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