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Iacocca
U.S. automobile executive. Born in Allentown, Pa., he was hired as an engineer by Ford Motor Co. but soon moved to its sales department. He rose rapidly, becoming president of Ford in 1970. His brash manner led to his dismissal by Henry Ford II in 1978. A year later he was hired by the nearly bankrupt Chrysler Corp. He persuaded Congress to lend Chrysler $1.5 billion in 1980 and carried out layoffs, wage cuts, and plant closings to make the company more efficient, shifted the company's emphasis to more fuel-efficient cars, and embarked on an aggressive advertising campaign. Within a few years Chrysler was showing record profits, and Iacocca was a national celebrity with a best-selling autobiography, Iacocca (1984). He retired in 1992.
Baruch
U.S. financier and adviser to presidents. Born in Camden, S.C., he went to work in Wall Street brokerage houses, where he amassed a fortune as a speculator. During World War I he was appointed chairman of the War Industries Board by Pres. W. Wilson. In 1919 he was a member of the economic council at the Versailles peace conference and one of Wilson's advisers on the treaty. In World War II he was an unofficial adviser on economic mobilization to Pres. F. Roosevelt. Later he was instrumental in setting U.N. policy on the international control of atomic energy.
Macumba
Afro-Brazilian religion characterized by the syncretism of traditional African religions, Brazilian spiritualism, and Roman Catholicism. Of the several Macumba sects in Brazil, the most important are Candombl\u00e9 and Umbanda. African elements include an outdoor ceremonial site, the sacrifice of animals (e.g., cocks), spirit offerings (e.g., candles and flowers), and dances. Macumba rites are led by mediums, who fall prostrate in trances and communicate with holy spirits. Roman Catholic elements include the cross and the worship of saints, who are given African names.
Mapuche
Most numerous group of Araucanian-speaking S. Amer. Indians (see Araucanians), who live in the central valley of Chile. They are noted for their 350-year struggle against Spanish and Chilean domination. In the 16th-18th cent. they learned to use horses in battle and united over great distances to fight Spanish incursions. After Chile gained independence in the 19th cent., the government settled them on reservations. In the 1980s the reservation land was transferred to individuals, but their hold on their land is endangered by indebtedness to support their nonintensive agriculture.
vacuole
Space within a cell that is empty of cytoplasm, lined with a membrane, and filled with fluid. Especially in protozoans, vacuoles perform functions such as storage, ingestion, digestion, excretion, and expulsion of excess water. The large central vacuoles often found in plant cells enable them to attain a large size without accumulating the bulk that would make metabolism ...
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