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Santa Monica
Santa Monica , city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. The RAND Corp., the noted think-tank, has its headquarters there. Santa Monica has a 3-mi (... Read more
Peace Corps
Peace Corps agency of the U.S. government, whose purpose is to assist underdeveloped countries in meeting their needs for trained manpower. The Peace Corps was established in 1961 by executive order of President Kennedy; Congress approved it as a permanent agency within the Dept. of State the same ... Read more
James Rodney Schlesinger
James Rodney Schlesinger 1929-, U.S. Secretary of Defense (1973-75) and Secretary of Energy (1977-79), b. New York City. After graduating from Harvard (A.B., 1950; A.M., 1952; Ph.D., 1956), he taught economics (1955-63) at the Univ. of Virginia and was then (1963-69) a specialist in strategic studi... Read more
United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps military corps that forms a separate service within the U.S. Dept. of the Navy. The commandant of the Marine Corps is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . During conflicts, the Corps is charged with conducting all land operations essential to the successful prosecutio... Read more
Leslie Richard Groves
Leslie Richard Groves 1896-1970, American army officer and engineer who headed the program that developed America's atomic bomb , b. Albany, N.Y., grad. West Point (1918). He was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers and studied at the army engineering school (1918-20). Posted (1931) to Washingto... Read more
Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg 1931-, American political activist, b. Chicago, grad. Columbia Univ. (B.S., 1952, Ph.D., 1959). After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, he worked for the Rand Corporation (1959-64; 1967-70), conducting studies on defense policies. Originally a strong supporter of the Vietnam War , ... Read more
Janissaries
Janissaries [Turk.,=recruits], elite corps in the service of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). It was composed of war captives and Christian youths pressed into service; all the recruits were converted to Islam and trained under the strictest discipline. It was originally organized by Sultan Murad I. Th... Read more
Louis Burt Mayer
Louis Burt Mayer 1885-1957, American movie producer, b. Russia. Mayer began (1907) as the operator of a theater in Haverhill, Mass., gradually gaining control of all the theaters in the city. In 1924 he merged his Louis B. Mayer Corp. with Metro Pictures Corp., and eventually with Goldwyn Pictures ... Read more
Edward Otho Cresap Ord
Edward Otho Cresap Ord 1818-83, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Cumberland, Md. He commanded a brigade in Virginia (1861-62), was promoted to major general of volunteers, and fought at Iuka and Corinth, Miss. (1862). In the last stage of the Vicksburg campaign (1863), Ord led the 13th C... Read more
WAC
WAC (Women's Army Corps), U.S. army organization created (1942) during World War II to enlist women as auxiliaries for noncombatant duty in the U.S. army. Before 1943 it was known as the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). Its first director was Oveta Culp Hobby . During World War II, WACs served... Read more

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Unisys Corp
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce ...compete with industry leader IBM Corp. However, Coleman died before...million for System Development Corp. The purchases boosted sales...In 1985, Burroughs and Sperry Corp. began merger negotiations...Sperry merged with Remington Rand, maker of ENIAC, "the world...
IBM Corp
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce IBM CORP. IBM Corp. is the world's leading...also second only to Microsoft Corp. in the computer software...International Business Machines Corp. New product releases included...agreement with rival Remington Rand — a deal that was...
Personal Computer (PC), Introduction of the
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce ...on to found Digital Equipment Corp., and Jay Forrester developed...earlier machines. Remington-Rand developed the world's first...its first computers when NEC Corp. created NEC-1101 and NEC...computer market. Digital Equipment Corp. released the PDP-1, the...
John Atanasoff
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...his own, Ordnance Engineering Corp., in Frederick, Maryland...firm was sold to Aerojet General Corp. Atanasoff became the firm...his son oversaw. Won Sperry Rand-Honeywell Suit Atanasoff became...when a suit was filed by Sperry Rand, which held a patent for the...
SIC 3429 Hardware, Not Elsewhere Classified
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...Industry leader Ingersoll-Rand Co., (2003 sales of almost...Greenwich, Connecticut. Ingersoll-Rand reincorporated in 2002, moving...Sandwiched between Ingersoll-Rand and third place Fortune Brands...Systems, a subsidiary of Delphi Corp. of Warren, Michigan, which...
Leslie Richard Groves
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1945, Groves retired from the army in 1948. Subsequently, he was vice president in charge of research at the Remington Rand Corp. until his retirement in 1961. Bibliography: See his Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project (1962...
Kenneth Joseph Arrow
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1968-79). A member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers (1962), he has been a consultant for the RAND Corp. since 1948. A specialist in welfare economics and general equilibrium theory, he shared the 1972 Nobel Memorial Prize...
Santa Monica
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. The RAND Corp., the noted think-tank, has its headquarters there. Santa Monica has a 3-mi (4.8-km) oceanfront beach that...
James Rodney Schlesinger
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...economics (1955-63) at the Univ. of Virginia and was then (1963-69) a specialist in strategic studies for the RAND Corp. In 1969 he was appointed assistant director of the Bureau of the Budget by President Richard Nixon, under whom he later...

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UNIVAC
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing ...produced. The company was acquired by Remington–Rand Inc., which merged with Sperry Corporation in 1955 to form Sperry Rand Corp. Sperry later merged with Burroughs Corp. to form Unisys .
City Lights
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Released 6 January 1931 in New York City by United Artists Corp.; re-released 8 April 1950. Filmed 1930 in Hollywood. Producer...Stanhope Wheatcroft (Distinguished man at café ); John Rand (Another tramp ); James Donnelly (Foreman ); Robert Parrish...

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Rand Corp.'s role in airport study moving into different flight path.(Up Front)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 6/28/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...announced that the city would hire Rand Corp. to conduct a comprehensive review...airport master plan proposal. "The Rand Corp. study ... will be the most important...Security Applications International Corp. But that failed to sway Miscikowski...
RAND Corp. issues statement on the return to a fully capitalized name.
PR Newswire; 1/22/1987; 542 words ; ...to editors was issued today the RAND Corp. Ever since the RAND Corp. decided last fall to return...are not acquainted with us, the RAND Corp., headed by Donald B...CONTACT: Paul Weeks of the RAND Corp., 213-451-6913/
Think Tank Hits Midlife With an Identity Crisis; Post-Cold War Rand Corp. Reinventing Self
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/15/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...research department called "Project Rand" separated from the Douglas...Force could wage nuclear war. Rand, coined from "research and...So identified was the Rand Corp. with nuclear planning that...on research from the "Bland Corp." But times have changed...
Think tank targets new client base. (Rand Corp.)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 9/29/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...such is the path being pursued by the Rand Corp., the Santa Monica think tank...these levels," said Jess Cook, a Rand spokesman. In the 1995-96 fiscal year - the latest year for which Rand has figures - about 13.5 percent...
Think Tank Rand Corp. to Anchor New Pittsburgh-Area Building.
Newspaper article from: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 11/20/2003; 657 words ; ...Nov. 20--California think tank Rand Corp. has agreed to anchor a new city office...quarters by January 2006. The deal brings Rand closer to Carnegie Mellon University...once belonging to Mellon Financial Corp. Joining Rand as tenants will be the...
Rand Corp. expected to stay at its home by the sea. (Up Front).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 5/20/2002; ; 700+ words ; Rand Corp., which has been on a two-year search...headquarters at 1700 Ocean Ave., the source said. Rand's 50year-old headquarters complex, on...be razed. As recently as two months ago, Rand had considered purchasing an existing building...
Rand Corp. lists advantages over China
Newspaper article from: India Abroad; 5/25/2001; ; 520 words ; Haniffa, Aziz India Abroad 05-25-2001 Rand Corp. lists advantages over China A Rand Corp. study, commissioned by the Pentagon, has...advantages over neighbors such as China. The Rand Corp. - considered the Pentagon's think tank...
Rand Corp. names new chief of Pittsburgh office
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 9/3/2008; ; 385 words ; Rand Corp. today named Susan S. Everingham, a 20-year member of Rand's research and management staff, as director...disclosed in July that he planned to return to Rand's headquarters Santa Monica, Calif...
Costly rents push Rand Corp. out of D.C., into Pentagon City.(Business)(Property Lines)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/26/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...tenants, now that nonprofit think tank Rand Corp. has signed a letter of intent for...City. Santa Monica, Calif.-based Rand, which occupies about 70,000 square...next year and move in by March, said Rand spokesman Jess Cook. The new site...
Rand Corp. wins submarine design study.
News Wire article from: UPI Security Industry; 11/6/2009; 700+ words ; ...Defense has awarded a contract to the Rand Corp. to report on the country's manufacturing...in Australia's history. The Rand Corp. brings internationally recognized...formerly the Australian Submarine Corp., between 1996 and 2003. They replaced...