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Albright, Madeleine

(Encyclopedia) Albright, Madeleine, 1937–2022, American government official, b. Prague, Czechoslovakia, as Maria Jana Körbel. Her family immigrated to the United States in 1948, and she…

Abhisit Vejjajiva

(Encyclopedia) Abhisit VejjajivaAbhisit Vejjajivaäpēˈsĭt wāchäˈchēwä [key], 1964–, Thai politician, prime minister of Thailand (2008–11), b. Newcastle, England. Born into a wealthy Thai-Chinese…

Ahtisaari, Martti Oiva Kalevi

(Encyclopedia) Ahtisaari, Martti Oiva KaleviAhtisaari, Martti Oiva Kaleviäkhˈtēsärrē [key], 1937–, Finnish diplomat, political leader, and international mediator; grad. Univ. of Oulu (1959). Joining…

Sanders, Bernie

(Encyclopedia) Sanders, Bernie (Bernard Sanders), 1941–, American politician, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. The son of Jewish immigrants from Poland, he spent a…

Lewis, John Robert

(Encyclopedia) Lewis, John Robert, 1940–2020, African-American politician and civil-rights leader, b. near Troy, Ala., B.A. American Baptist…

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902–85, American public official and diplomat, U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1937–44, 1947–53), b. Nahant, Mass.; grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge. He was a…

Norris, George William

(Encyclopedia) Norris, George William, 1861–1944, American legislator, b. Sandusky co., Ohio. After admission to the bar in 1883, he moved (1885) to Furnas co., Nebr., where he practiced law and was…

Mondale, Walter Frederick

(Encyclopedia) Mondale, Walter Frederick ("Fritz"), 1928–2021, Vice President of the United States (1977–81), b. Ceylon, Minn., Univ. of Minn. (B.A.,…

Edwards, Edwin Washington

(Encyclopedia) Edwards, Edwin Washington, 1927-2021, American politician, b. Avoyelles Parish, near Marksville, La., Louisiana State Univ. Law Center…