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1872–1927, American lawyer, b. Olathe, Kans. As attorney general of Missouri (1905–9), he successfully prosecuted the Standard Oil Company for vio...
(zhäN´ v ktôr´ pôNsl ´) (KEY) , 1788–1867, French mathematician and army engineer. He taught at the school of mechanics at Metz and at the Fac...
(k m´ r n) (KEY) , 1834–90, American labor leader, b. Berwick-on-Tweed, England. He worked as a printer in Chicago, where he became interested in t...
(äNr ´ läfôNt n´) (KEY) , 1854–1943, Belgian jurist and statesman. A senator from 1894 to 1936, he headed the International Peace Bureau from 1...
(kôrz b´sk ) (KEY) , 1879–1950, Polish-American linguist, b. Warsaw. In his system, which he called General Semantics, Korzybski aimed at a distin...
(fyô´d r mär´ty ns) (KEY) , 1845–1909, Russian diplomat and authority on international law. He became an official in the foreign ministry in 186...