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midwifery
midwifery , art of assisting at childbirth. The term midwife for centuries referred to a woman who was an overseer during the process of delivery. In ancient Greece and Rome, these women had some formal training. As the medical arts declined during medieval times, however, the skills a midwife... Read more |
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Georgia OKeeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe Born: November 15, 1887Sun Prairie, WisconsinDied: March 6, 1986Santa Fe, New Mexico American painter The American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) developed a distinctive art form that includes startling details of plant forms, bleached bones, and landscapes of the New... Read more |
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Joseph Mayer Rice
RICE, JOSEPH MAYER (1857–1934) Physician, journal editor, education critic, and originator of comparative methodology in educational research, Joseph Mayer Rice is recognized, along with Lester Frank Ward and John Dewey, as a major figure in the Progressive education movement in the United... Read more |
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Leslie Nielsen
Nielsen, Leslie 1926–(Leslie Nelson) PERSONALFull name, Leslie William Nielsen; born February 11, 1926, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; immigrated to the United States; became U.S. citizen; son of Ingvard (an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) and Maybelle Nielsen; nephew of Jean... Read more |
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Racing
RACING Revving Up Auto racing of nearly every kind -—Indy, stock car, drag, formula one, and more—enjoyed increased popularity as the 1980s sped to a close. The sport's steadily rising popularity could be indexed by the increase in the number of spectators attending races. ... Read more |
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Josiah Dwight Whitney
WHITNEY, JOSIAH DWIGHT(b. Nothampton, Massachusetts, 23 November 1819; d. Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire, 19 August 1896)geology.Whitney was the oldest of the eight children of Josiah Dwight Whitney and Sarah Williston. His father, whose ancestors had come to Massachusetts in 1635, was a prosperous... Read more |
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