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United States Chamber of Commerce United States Chamber of Commerce
U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest not-for-profit federation of businesses, representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations in the United States. As of 2003, the chamber was comprised of 3000 state and local chambers and 830 business... Read more
Robert E. Chambers Jr Robert E. Chambers Jr
CHAMBERS, ROBERT(b. Peebles, Scotland, 10 July 1802;d. St. Andrews, Scotland, 17 March 1871), biology, geology, popular science. For the original article on Chambers see DSB, vol. 3.Chambers helped popularize science by writing for general interest publications—particularly Chambers’s Edinburgh... Read more
Whittaker Chambers Whittaker Chambers
Whittaker Chambers 1901-61, U.S. journalist and spy, b. Philadelphia. He joined the U.S. Communist party in 1925 and wrote for its newspaper before engaging (1935-38) in espionage for the USSR. He left the party in 1939 and began working for Time magazine. In 1948 he testified before the House... Read more
Sir Andre Previn Sir Andre Previn
Sir André Previn , 1929-, American conductor, composer, and pianist, b. Germany, as Andreas Ludwig Priwin. He has recorded classical music since 1946. In the 1950s he made a number of highly successful jazz piano albums, and he began recording jazz again in the 1990s. He has also composed... Read more
Hiss Case Hiss Case
HISS CASE HISS CASE. The Hiss case, which spanned the years from 1948 through 1950, helped pave the way for McCarthyism and, in particular, the Cold War search for communists thought to have infiltrated the State Department during the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.... Read more
Sir William Chambers Sir William Chambers
Sir William Chambers 1723-96, English architect, b. Gothenburg, Sweden. He traveled extensively in the East Indies and in China making drawings of gardens and buildings, many of which were later published. He studied architecture in France and Italy and established (1755) his practice in England... Read more
nautilus nautilus
nautilus cephalopod mollusk belonging to the sole surviving genus ( Nautilus ) of a subclass that flourished 200 million years ago, known as the nautiloids. The spirally coiled shell consists of a series of chambers; as the nautilus grows it secretes larger chambers, sealing off the old ones with... Read more
Star Chamber Star Chamber
Star Chamber ancient meeting place of the king of England's councilors in the palace of Westminster in London, so called because of stars painted on the ceiling. The court of the Star Chamber developed from the judicial proceedings traditionally carried out by the king and his council, and was... Read more
William Chambers William Chambers
William Chambers 1800-1883, and Robert Chambers, 1802-71, Scottish authors and publishers. Their firm of W. and R. Chambers is best known for Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which William started in 1832 and for which both brothers wrote, and Chambers's Encyclopaedia (10 vol., 1859-68), which... Read more

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