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Hassenaah

(Encyclopedia) HassenaahHassenaahhăsēnāˈə [key], in the Bible, family name of workers on the wall of Jerusalem. An alternate form is Senaah.

Lombardo Toledano, Vicente

(Encyclopedia) Lombardo Toledano, VicenteLombardo Toledano, Vicentevēsānˈtā lōmbärˈdō tōlāᵺäˈnō [key], 1894–1968, Mexican labor leader. A successful lawyer, he became (1920) governor of the state of…

Cyrankiewicz, Józef

(Encyclopedia) Cyrankiewicz, JózefCyrankiewicz, Józefy&oomacr;ˈzĕf tsĭränkyāˈvĭch [key], 1911–89, Polish political leader. Active in the Polish resistance after the German invasion in 1939, he…

Bauer, Otto

(Encyclopedia) Bauer, OttoBauer, Ottobouˈər [key], 1882–1938, Austrian politician. His Die Nationalitätenfrage und die Sozialdemokratie (1907) advocated creating nation-states to solve the Austro-…

Pullman strike

(Encyclopedia) Pullman strike, in U.S. history, an important labor dispute. On May 11, 1894, workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago struck to protest wage cuts and the firing of union…

factory

(Encyclopedia) factory, place of production characterized by wage labor, the use of machinery, and the division of labor. The large-scale use of machinery differentiates factory production from…