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LaGuardia, Fiorello Henry
(Encyclopedia) LaGuardia, Fiorello HenryLaGuardia, Fiorello Henryfēərĕlˈō, ləgwärˈdēə [key], 1882–1947, U.S. public official, congressman, and mayor of New York City (1934–45), b. New York City. He…Le Châtelier's principle
(Encyclopedia) Le Châtelier's principle, chemical principle that states that if a system in equilibrium is disturbed by changes in determining factors, such as temperature, pressure, and…Grossman, David
(Encyclopedia) Grossman, David, 1954–, Israeli writer and peace activist, b. Jerusalem. He is widely recognized as the finest novelist in the generation that followed Amos Oz and A. B. Yehoshua. The…Ionic order
(Encyclopedia) Ionic orderIonic orderīŏnˈĭk [key], one of the early orders of architecture. The spreading scroll-shaped capital is the distinctive feature of the Ionic order; it was primarily a…Maharashtra
(Encyclopedia) MaharashtraMaharashtraməhäˈrəshtrə [key], state (2001 provisional pop. 96,752,247), 118,530 sq mi (306,993 sq km), W India, on the Arabian Sea. The city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) is…Musharraf, Pervez
(Encyclopedia) Musharraf, Pervez Musharraf, Pervez pĕrvāsˈ m&oomacr;shärˈrŭf [key…megachurch
(Encyclopedia) megachurch, large Protestant church with an average weekly attendance of 2,000 or more; relatively uncommon until after 1970. In the United States, where most megachurches are located…Clark, Ramsey
(Encyclopedia) Clark, William Ramsey, 1927–2021, attorney general of the United States (1967–69), b. Dallas, Tex., Univ. of Texas-Austin (BA, 1949),…Duke, David Ernest
(Encyclopedia) Duke, David Ernest, 1950-, American far-right politician and Klan leader, b. Tulsa, Ok., Louisiana State Univ. (B.A., 1974). Duke’s…Bonds, Barry Lamar
(Encyclopedia) Bonds, Barry Lamar, 1964–, American baseball player, b. Riverside, Calif. Bonds grew up surrounded by baseball; his father, Bobby Bonds, was a San Francisco Giants outfielder (1968–74…Trending
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