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Port Louis

(Encyclopedia) Port Louis, city (1996 est. pop. 135,371), capital of Mauritius, NW Mauritius, a port on the Indian Ocean. It is the nation's largest city and its economic and administrative center.…

Knight, Bobby

(Encyclopedia) Knight, Bobby (Robert Montgomery Knight), 1940–, American basketball coach, b. Massillon, Ohio. A point guard at Ohio State (grad. 1962), Knight became (1963) an assistant coach at…

Cornell University

(Encyclopedia) Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000…

Butte, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Butte Butte by&oomacr;t [key], city (2020 pop. 34,494), seat of Silver Bow co., SW Mont.; inc…

Petronas Towers

(Encyclopedia) Petronas Towers, twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that are the world's tallest twin towers. Standing 1,483 ft (452 m) high, they were designed by the Argentinian-American…

Bo Xilai

(Encyclopedia) Bo Xilai, 1949–, Chinese political leader. The son of Bo Yibo, a Communist revolutionary leader, he joined the Communist party in 1980. Bo studied history at Peking Univ. and earned (…

San Jose, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) San JoseSan Josesănəzāˈ, săn hōzāˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. Along with San Francisco and Oakland the city…

ceramics

(Encyclopedia) ceramicsceramicssərămˈĭks [key], materials made of nonmetallic minerals that have been permanently hardened by firing at a high temperature, or objects made of such materials. Most…

Haifa

(Encyclopedia) Haifa Haifa hīˈfä [key], city, NW Israel, a port on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of…

Reich, Robert Bernard

(Encyclopedia) Reich, Robert BernardReich, Robert Bernardrīsh, rīk [key], 1946–, American political economist and government official, b. Scranton, Pa. He attended Dartmouth, Oxford (where he and…