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Woods, Tiger

(Encyclopedia)Woods, Tiger (Eldrick Woods), 1975–, American golfer, b. Cypress, Calif. The son of an African-American father and a Thai mother, he was a college star at Stanford and became the only three-time (19...

museums of art

(Encyclopedia)museums of art, institutions or buildings where works of art are kept for display or safekeeping. The word museum derives from the Greek mouseion, meaning temple to the works of the Muses. This articl...

EFTA

(Encyclopedia)EFTA: see European Free Trade Association. ...

YWCA

(Encyclopedia)YWCA: see Young Women's Christian Association. ...

Y, the

(Encyclopedia)Y, the: see Young Men's Christian Association. ...

YMCA

(Encyclopedia)YMCA: see Young Men's Christian Association. ...

ASEAN

(Encyclopedia)ASEAN: see Association of Southeast Asian Nations. ...

Fannie Mae

(Encyclopedia)Fannie Mae: see Federal National Mortgage Association. ...

Bryant, William Cullen

(Encyclopedia)Bryant, William Cullen brīˈənt [key], 1794–1878, American poet and newspaper editor, b. Cummington, Mass. The son of a learned and highly respected physician, Bryant was exposed to English poetry...

Wiseman, Frederick

(Encyclopedia)Wiseman, Frederick, 1930–, American documentary filmmaker, b. Boston, grad. Williams College (B.A., 1951), Yale Law School (LL.B., 1954). Wiseman practiced and taught law for about a decade, but his...
 

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