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91Roosevelt, President Franklin Delano — 1882–1945 Roosevelt had been President of the United States for nine years before Pearl Harbor, years which he had devoted chiefly to leading America out of economic collapse. His political interests were domestic, his instincts pacific, and… …
92Reagan, Ronald W. — ▪ president of United States Introduction in full Ronald Wilson Reagan born February 6, 1911, Tampico, Illinois, U.S. died June 5, 2004, Los Angeles, California 40th president of the United States (1981–89), noted for his conservative… …
93Wilson, Woodrow — ▪ president of United States Introduction in full Thomas Woodrow Wilson born December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia, U.S. died February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C. 28th president of the United States (1913–21), an American scholar and statesman… …
94Franjieh, Suleiman — ▪ president of Lebanon born June 15, 1910, Zgharta, Lebanon, Ottoman Empire died July 23, 1992, Beirut, Lebanon Lebanese politician who, as a leader of one of Lebanon s powerful Maronite Christian clans and president of Lebanon (1970–76),… …
95Zinsou, Émile Derlin — ▪ president of Dahomey born March 22/23, 1918, Ouidah, Dahomey [now Benin] nationalist politician and president (1968–69) of Dahomey (now Benin), noted for the success of his attempts to solve his country s overwhelming economic and… …
96National Governors Association — President Barack Obama answers questions from the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House, Feb. 22, 2010. The National Governors Association (NGA), founded in 1908 as the National Governors Conference,[1] is… …
97United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
98UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …
99education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …
100literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
