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1939–, U.S. government official and business executive, b. Toledo, Ohio. An economist and lawyer, he held Dept. of Transportation posts in the Nixon...
(r ´b rn) (KEY) , 1756–1823, Scottish portrait painter, b. near Edinburgh. He was apprenticed to a goldsmith at 15 and he showed considerable talen...
(y ´hän gôt´fr t shä´dôf) (KEY) , 1764–1850, German sculptor of the neoclassical school. He studied in Rome. In 1788 he returned to Berlin, w...
(äsä´dä gôr´y ) (KEY) , 1734–99, Japanese astronomer who helped to introduce modern astronomical instruments and methods into Japan. Asada spe...
sport of sliding over snow on skis—long, narrow, flexible runners. Water skiing is a warm-weather sport in which a motor-propelled craft tows a skie...
act of swimming freely underwater. It is done with the aid of a face mask, swimming fins for the feet, and either a snorkel breathing tube or scuba [a...