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Evers
U.S. black civil-rights activist. Born in Decatur, Miss., he served in World War II and entered business in Mississippi. He organized local affiliates of the NAACP and in 1954 became its first field secretary in Mississippi. He traveled throughout the state recruiting members and organizing economic boycotts. In June 1963, hours after a speech on civil rights by Pres. J. Kennedy, Evers was shot and killed in an ambush outside his home. A white segregationist was charged but set free after two trials in 1964 resulted in hung juries; he was finally convicted after a third trial in 1994. Evers's widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, later headed the NAACP (1995-98).
jeep
Outstanding light vehicle of World War II, developed by the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. It weighed 11 / 4 tons, had a four-cylinder engine, and could climb 60° grades and operate on rough terrain thanks to its four-wheel drive and high clearance. Its name came from its military designation: "vehicle, GP" (i.e., general-purpose). After the war it became widely used in civilian life.
Leeds
City (metro. area pop., 1995 est.: 725,000), W. Yorkshire, England. It lies along the River Aire, northeast of Manchester. It originated as an Anglo-Saxon township and was incorporated as a city in 1626, becoming an early center of the woolen industry. The completion in 1816 of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal stimulated its growth, and the end of the century saw rapid expansion in the factory production of ready-made clothing. It is the seat of the Univ. of Leeds.
Veeck
U.S. baseball-club executive and owner. He was born in Hinsdale, Ill., the son of a sportswriter and president of the Chicago Cubs (1919-33). He became co-owner of the minor-league Milwaukee Brewers (1941-45) and later the major-league Cleveland Indians (1946-48), St. Louis Browns (1949-53), and Chicago White Sox (1959-68; 1976-81). Believing that baseball was a form of entertainment and should not be treated like a business, he introduced many innovations in promotion and was almost always able to improve a team's attendance and usually its performance.
Venus
Roman goddess of cultivated fields and gardens, later associated with Aphrodite. She was the daughter of Jupiter and Dione, the wife of Vulcan, and the mother of Cupid. She was famous for her romantic intrigues and affairs with both gods and mortals, and she became associated with many aspects of femininity. The planet Venus, originally the star of Ishtar, came to be named for Venus through her association with Ishtar. She has been a favorite subject in art since ancient times, notably in the statue called Venus de Milo and S. Botticelli's painting The Birth of Venus.
Second major planet from the sun. Named for the Roman goddess, Venus is, after the moon, the most brilliant natural object in the night sky. It comes closer to earth--about 26 million mi (42 million km)--than any ...
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