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Nurse

What is this job like? Nurses, also called registered nurses or RNs, take care of sick and injured people. They give people medicine. They treat wounds. And they give emotional support to…

Health and Nutrition Web Sites

Please make use of the resources below for information on health and nutrition. Alcoholics Anonymous www.aa.org Al-Anon/Alateen www.al-anon.alateen.org Alzheimer's Association www.alz.org…

Social Worker

What is this job like? Social workers help people overcome problems and make their lives better. They might work with people who are homeless, sick, or having family problems. Or they might…

Mental Illness: Facts about Social Phobias

Facts about Social Phobias Source: National Institute of Mental Health Related Links: Almanac: HealthNational Institute of Mental HealthAmerican Psychological Association Social Phobia Social…

Mills, Charles Wade

(Encyclopedia) Mills, Charles W., 1951–2021, philosopher and political theorist, b. London, Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1985. Born in the U.K. and…

Dewey, John

(Encyclopedia) Dewey, John, 1859–1952, American philosopher and educator, b. Burlington, Vt., grad. Univ. of Vermont, 1879, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1884. He taught at the universities of Minnesota (1888…

Lessing, Doris

(Encyclopedia) Lessing, Doris, 1919–2013, British novelist, b. Kermanshah, Persia (now Iran) as Doris May Tayler. Largely self-educated, she was brought up on a farm in Southern Rhodesia (now…

Swedenborg, Emanuel

(Encyclopedia) Swedenborg, EmanuelSwedenborg, Emanuelswēdˈənbôrg; āmäˈn&oomacr;ĕl svāˌdənbōrkˈ [key], 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, religious teacher, and mystic. His religious system, sometimes…

political science

(Encyclopedia) political science, the study of government and political processes, institutions, and behavior. Government and politics have been studied and commented on since the time of the ancient…