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1875–1966, American businessman and philanthropist, b. New Haven, Conn., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1895. He began his career as a...
uninc. city (1990 pop. 76,046), Montgomery co., W central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C. It is a major suburban office center and has a...
(s ´s l, s s´ l, s säl´) (KEY) [from Sisal, former chief port of Yucatan], important cordage fiber obtained from the leaves of the sisal hemp pla...
(sl ) (KEY) , 1879–1954, American pathologist, b. Minneapolis, grad. Brown, 1899. At the Univ. of Chicago she taught pathology, becoming professor e...
(flä´vy loi´ älfä´r ) (KEY) , 1867–1912, president of Ecuador (1897–1901, 1907–11). Regarded as a champion of liberalism, Alfaro introdu...
(s l´k bôr´´) (KEY) , city (1992 pop. 35,027), Århus co., central Denmark, on the Gudenå River. It is a tourist and health resort surrounded by ...