presidency of the United States of America, chief executive office of the United States. In contrast to many countries with parliamentary forms of government, where the office of president, or head of state, is mainly ceremonial, in the United States the president is vested with great authority and

education: Education under the East India Company: …Ram Mohun Roy, founded the Hindu College in Calcutta, the alumni of which established a large number of English schools all over Bengal. The demand for English education in Bengal thus preceded by 20 years any government action in that direction.

president, card game of Chinese origin that suddenly appeared in the Western world during the 1980s. President is just one of many different names for the game, most of them vulgar and some scatological, and the game itself is played in many different forms with varying rules. Common to all,

president, in government, the officer in whom the chief executive power of a nation is vested. The president of a republic is the head of state, but the actual power of the president varies from country to country; in the United States, Africa, and Latin America the presidential office is charged

Kehinde Wiley: Portrait of Barack Obama: … selected Wiley to paint his official portrait for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The painting revealed a mixture of convention and invention when it was unveiled in 2018. Obama, wearing a traditional black suit, sits forward on a mahogany chair with a determined expression on his face and his elbows…

Bill Clinton: Life after the presidency of Bill Clinton: …(with James Patterson) the thrillers The President Is Missing (2018) and The President’s Daughter (2021).

president of India, the head of state of the Republic of India. The president, or rashtrapati, is indirectly elected every five years by an electoral college comprising the elected members of both houses of India’s parliament—the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha—as well as the elected representatives

presidency of the United States of America, chief executive office of the United States. In contrast to many countries with parliamentary forms of government, where the office of president, or head of state, is mainly ceremonial, in the United States the president is vested with great authority and

Charles A. Beard: …the Making, 1932–1940 (1946) and President Roosevelt and the Coming of War, 1941 (1948), he charged Roosevelt with virtually maneuvering the United States into war with Japan. Beard was criticized as an isolationist because of these views, and his reputation declined somewhat after the publication of his last works, but…

Auguste Rodin: Discords and triumphs of Auguste Rodin: …and, in Buenos Aires, the President Sarmiento caused riots. The conflicts over the Victor Hugo and the Balzac were even more serious.

William Wellman: Films of the early to mid-1930s: …novel of the same name; The President Vanishes (1934), a cautionary political tale that is memorable chiefly for providing one of Rosalind Russell’s earliest screen appearances; and the love story Small Town Girl (1936), which teamed Robert Taylor and Janet Gaynor.

President Vargas diamond, Brazilian stone weighing about 727 carats in rough form. It was discovered in the Santo Antônio River, Minas Gerais, and named for the nation’s president, Getulio Vargas. The diamond was cut in New York into 29 stones ranging in weight from about 5 to 48

Yo La Tengo: By the time President Yo La Tengo (1989) was released, the band’s sound had evolved from basic roots-rock to encompass dramatic juxtapositions of feedback-driven noise rock with melodic folk-influenced pop, drawing frequent comparisons to 1960s cult favourites the Velvet Underground. This comparison was alluded to in the 1996…

State of the Union, in the United States, the annual address of the president of the United States to the U.S. Congress. The U.S. Constitution (Article II, Section 3) requires the president to “from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union.” Although the president now

Fay Weldon: Among her later novels were The President’s Child (1982), The Cloning of Joanna May (1989), Darcy’s Utopia (1990), Growing Rich (1992), and Affliction (1993; U.S. title Trouble). Weldon’s other works included Splitting (1995), a novel about a recently divorced woman’s attempts to reconstruct

police: The professional crime-fighting model: Indeed, in 1967 the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, which was critical of the strategies of other criminal justice agencies, endorsed both preventive patrols and rapid responses to calls. The commission concluded that the basic strategy of policing was satisfactory and that improvement would come…

Warren Commission, commission appointed by U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson on November 29, 1963, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the assassination of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy, in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, and the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin, two

President’s Commission on the Status of Women, advisory commission established on December 14, 1961, by U.S. President John F. Kennedy to investigate questions regarding women’s equality in education, in the workplace, and under the law. Chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt until her death in 1962, the

Dot Richardson: Coach at Liberty University and other activities: …the vice chair of the President’s Council on Fitness.

Dot Richardson: Coach at Liberty University and other activities: …the vice chair of the President’s Council on Fitness.

show jumping: The President’s Cup, instituted in 1965, is based on the results of the several Nations Cup competitions each year and is considered a world team championship. The prize is awarded to the team with the six best scores.

Bill Clinton: Life after the presidency of Bill Clinton: …President Is Missing (2018) and The President’s Daughter (2021).

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), public health initiative launched by the United States in 2003 to coordinate an international response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), authorized by U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, marked a major step

Rashtrapati Bhavan, official residence of the president of India. It is located on Raisina Hill in New Delhi. It was originally known as Viceroy’s House and served as the official residence of the British viceroy to India during the British Raj. It was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens

Irving Stone: …of the explorer John Frémont; President’s Lady (1951), based on the life of Rachel Jackson, wife of the seventh U.S. president; Love Is Eternal (1954), a fictionalized account of the marriage of Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln; The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961), a life of the Renaissance artist Michelangelo;…

United States Marine Corps: Motto and traditions: ” The Marine Band, the oldest musical organization in the U.S. armed forces, is known as “The President’s Own” because of its privilege of performing at all state functions at the White House.

White House, the official office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. It is perhaps the most famous and easily recognizable house in the world, serving as both the home and workplace of the president and the headquarters of the

Hans Bethe: From atomic warrior to political physicist: …United States government, including the President’s Science Advisory Committee (PSAC). As a member of PSAC, he helped persuade President Dwight D. Eisenhower to commit the United States to ban atmospheric nuclear tests. (The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which banned atmospheric nuclear testing, was finally ratified in 1963.) In 1972 Bethe’s…

Miguel Ángel Asturias: …Cabrera, El señor presidente (1946; The President). In Hombres de maíz (1949; Men of Maize), the novel generally considered his masterpiece, Asturias depicts the seemingly irreversible wretchedness of the Indian peasant. Another aspect of that misery—the exploitation of Indians on the banana plantations—appears in the epic trilogy that comprises the…

Rio de Janeiro: The economy: The Rio-Niterói Bridge, which is about 9 miles (14.5 km) long, connects the city of Rio de Janeiro with Niterói, located on the east side of Guanabara Bay. The state has two major airports: Santos Dumont, on Guanabara Bay within the city of Rio; and Galeão,…

Presidente Prudente, city, western São Paulo estado (state), Brazil. It lies near the Santo Anastácio River at 1,535 feet (468 metres) above sea level. Formerly known as Córrego do Veado, the settlement was given status as a town in 1921 and as a municipality in 1923. The local economy is based

Continental Airlines, Inc.: …People Express Airlines (1981), and Presidential Airlines (1985)—were merged into Continental Airlines, significantly increasing the company’s aircraft and routes, but it continued to lose money and continued to be debt-ridden. Bitter conflicts between the airline unions and Texas Air’s corporate management (headed by chairman Frank Lorenzo until August 1990) tended…

On May 16, 1997, in the East Room of the White House, President Bill Clinton issued a formal apology for the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male, the "longest nontherapeutic experiment on human beings" in the history of medicine and public health. That study, conducted under the

If you want to get the facts about subjects and people likely to come up in the 2024 presidential debates, click on the topics here. Then, as you watch the televised debates, mark off the topics as they are raised and celebrate when you get five in a row. Spotlight, Britannica, Encyclopedia

Twenty-fifth Amendment, amendment (1967) to the Constitution of the United States that set forth succession rules relating to vacancies and disabilities of the office of the president and of the vice president. It was proposed by the U.S. Congress on July 6, 1965, and it was ratified on Feb. 10,

presidency of the United States of America: The money game: …federal income tax to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. To become eligible for such funds, candidates are required to raise a minimum of $5,000 in at least 20 states (only the first $250 of each contribution counts toward the $5,000); they then receive from the FEC a sum equivalent to…

United States presidential election of 1956, American presidential election held on November 6, 1956, in which incumbent Republican Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democrat Adlai E. Stevenson. It was the second consecutive election in which Stevenson lost to Eisenhower. In the winter of 1955–56

United States presidential election of 1960, American presidential election held on November 8, 1960, in which Democrat John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated Republican Vice Pres. Richard M. Nixon. Kennedy thus became the first Roman Catholic and the youngest person ever elected president. Kennedy was

United States presidential election of 1964, American presidential election held on November 3, 1964, in which Democratic Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Barry Goldwater in one of the largest landslides in U.S. history. The 1964 election occurred just less than one year after the

United States presidential election of 1968, American presidential election held on November 5, 1968, in which Republican Richard M. Nixon defeated Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey. The run-up to the 1968 election was transformed in 1967 when Minnesota’s Democratic senator, Eugene J. McCarthy,

United States presidential election of 1972, American presidential election held on November 7, 1972, in which Republican Pres. Richard Nixon was elected to a second term, defeating Democrat George McGovern in one of the largest landslides in U.S. history. In January 1971 McGovern announced his

United States presidential election of 1976, American presidential election held on November 2, 1976, in which Democrat Jimmy Carter defeated Republican Pres. Gerald R. Ford. The campaign was conducted in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal that forced Pres. Richard M. Nixon to become the first

United States presidential election of 1980, American presidential election held on November 4, 1980, in which Republican Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Democratic Pres. Jimmy Carter. A onetime movie star and president of the Screen Actor’s Guild (1947–1952), Reagan was originally a Democrat but

United States presidential election of 1984, American presidential election held on November 6, 1984, in which Republican Ronald Reagan was elected to a second term, defeating Democrat Walter Mondale, a former U.S. vice president. Reagan won 49 states en route to amassing 525 electoral votes to

United States presidential election of 1988, American presidential election held on November 8, 1988, in which Republican George H.W. Bush defeated Democrat Michael Dukakis. The 1988 campaign featured an open contest on both the Republican and Democratic sides, as Republican Pres. Ronald Reagan was

United States presidential election of 1992, American presidential election held on November 3, 1992, in which Democrat Bill Clinton defeated incumbent Republican Pres. George Bush. Independent candidate Ross Perot secured nearly 19 percent of the vote—the highest percentage of any third-party

United States presidential election of 1996, American presidential election held on November 5, 1996, in which Democrat Bill Clinton was elected to a second term, defeating Republican Bob Dole, a former U.S. senator from Kansas. Clinton had won his first term in 1992 against incumbent Republican

United States presidential election of 2000, American presidential election held on November 7, 2000, in which Republican George W. Bush narrowly lost the popular vote to Democrat Al Gore but defeated Gore in the electoral college. Gore, as Bill Clinton’s vice president for eight years, was the

United States presidential election of 2004, American presidential election held on November 2, 2004, in which Republican George W. Bush was elected to a second term, defeating Democrat John Kerry, a U.S senator from Massachusetts. In the primary campaign, Bush faced little opposition for the

American presidential election held on November 4, 2008, in which, after a campaign that lasted nearly two years, Americans elected Democrat Barack Obama their 44th president. The result was historic, as Obama, a first-term U.S. senator from Illinois, became, when he was inaugurated on January 20,

American voters went to the polls on November 6, 2012, to determine—for the 57th time—their country’s president for the next four years. Incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama’s reelection bid was, from the outset, expected to be closely contested as the United States faced a number of

United States Presidential Election of 2016, American presidential election held on November 8, 2016, in which Republican Donald Trump lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton by more than 2.8 million votes but won 30 states and the decisive electoral college with 304 electoral votes to

United States presidential election of 2020, American presidential election held on November 3, 2020, in the midst of the global coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, in which Democrat Joe Biden, formerly the 47th vice president of the United States, defeated the incumbent president, Republican Donald

United States presidential election of 2024, American election, held on November 5, 2024, in which former Republican president Donald Trump (2017–21) defeated the Democratic nominee, Vice Pres. Kamala Harris. Trump, who lost his bid for reelection in 2020 to Democrat Joe Biden, is the first U.S.

nuclear football, a specially designed briefcase that accompanies the president of the United States when the president is away from the White House and whose contents would enable the president to decide upon and order the use of nuclear weapons in the event of a national emergency. According to a

Fernando Botero: …brushwork and texture, as in Presidential Family (1967). In works such as this, he also drew from the Old Masters he had emulated in his youth: his formal portraits of the bourgeoisie and political and religious dignitaries clearly reference the composition and meditative quality of formal portraits by Goya and…

Presidential Medal of Freedom, the foremost U.S. civilian decoration, awarded to individuals who have made “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.” Recipients of the

Rashtrapati Bhavan, official residence of the president of India. It is located on Raisina Hill in New Delhi. It was originally known as Viceroy’s House and served as the official residence of the British viceroy to India during the British Raj. It was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens

Jakarta: City layout: The Presidential Palace, north of Medan Merdeka, faces Monas, or Monumen Nasional (National Monument). The Istiqlal Mosque, in the northeast corner of Medan Merdeka opposite Lapangan Banteng, is one of the largest mosques in Southeast Asia. The National Museum (formerly the Central Museum), on the west…

Norman Mailer: …works were his essay collections The Presidential Papers (1963) and Cannibals and Christians (1966); The Executioner’s Song (1979), a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel based on the life of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore; Ancient Evenings (1983), a novel set in ancient Egypt, the first volume of an uncompleted trilogy; Tough Guys Don’t

11 Popular—Or Just Plain Odd—Presidential Pets: …some other notable—and sometimes unusual—pets of the White House.

David Yonggi Cho: From humble beginnings to megachurch pastor: …until 2000) and led the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., in 1994. Two years later he was awarded the Mugunghwa Medal—the highest Order of Civil Merit—by the South Korean government for supporting the no-cost treatment of children with heart disease. Indeed, the church undertook many social programs, including a…

primary election: Indirect primaries for the presidency of the United States are used in many states. Voters in these elections generally select delegates who attend a national political convention and are bound and pledged to cast their ballots on the basis of the preferences of the voters. Delegates…

Reconstruction: Presidential Reconstruction: Following Lincoln’s assassination in April 1865, Andrew Johnson became president and inaugurated the period of Presidential Reconstruction (1865–67). Johnson offered a pardon to all Southern whites except Confederate leaders and wealthy planters (although most of these subsequently received individual pardons), restoring their political…

attainder: …Services (1977) held that the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act was not a bill of attainder even though the law referred to President Richard Nixon by name. This law directed the administrator of the General Services Administration to seize tape recordings, papers, and other materials then in Nixon’s possession.…

National Archives and Records Administration: Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978: …records, as established in the Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978, are also under the jurisdiction of the National Archives. At the end of a president’s administration, the president’s official records as well as those of the vice president and parts of the Executive Office change from private property to…

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives: …second in the line of presidential succession, following the vice president.

Ankara: The contemporary city: …the state theatre and the Presidential Symphony Orchestra.

Twenty-third Amendment, amendment (1961) to the Constitution of the United States that permitted citizens of Washington, D.C., the right to choose electors in presidential elections. It was proposed by the U.S. Congress on June 16, 1960, and its ratification was certified on March 29, 1961.

political system: Constitutional government: …constitutional democracy is the hybrid presidential-parliamentary system, exemplified by the government of France. In such systems there is both a directly elected president with substantial executive powers and a presidentially appointed prime minister, who must retain majority support in the legislature. If the president’s party or coalition also controls a…

In contrast to many countries with parliamentary forms of government, where the office of president, or head of state, is mainly ceremonial, in the United States the president is vested with great authority and is arguably the most powerful elected official in the world. The U.S. president is the

Presidents’ Day, in the United States, holiday observed annually on the third Monday in February. The day is legally designated as Washington’s Birthday, and it officially honors George Washington, the country’s first president. Efforts to change the name to Presidents’ Day and include Abraham

France: The growth of a professional bureaucracy: …new kind of court, the présidial, whose jurisdiction lay between the parlement and the bailiwick. Each of the 65 new courts had a complement of nine judges; this brought in a sizable revenue but appears to have made little difference to the efficiency of the judicial system. Nor were judicial…

Andy Goldsworthy: Permanent artworks: …number of pieces for the Presidio, a park in San Francisco, including Spire (2008), Wood Line (2010–11), Tree Fall (2013), and Earth Wall (2014). Spire, a towering sculpture made from locally felled tree trunks and surrounded by saplings, was damaged in a fire in 2020, but it remained standing. Goldsworthy…

Soviet Union: Postwar: Instead of a Politburo, a Presidium of the Central Committee was nominated, consisting of 25 members and 11 candidate members. This included all the old Politburo members except Andreyev (though Kosygin was now only a candidate). But there were also a number of new members, to whom Stalin looked as…

Soviet Union: …small group known as the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, itself strongly influenced by the Politburo of the CPSU, and were unanimously approved by the deputies. The role of the soviets in the individual republics and other territories was primarily to put into effect the decisions made by the Supreme…

Veliki Preslav, town, eastern Bulgaria. It lies at the foot of the Preslav Mountains, 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Shumen. Founded by the Proto-Bulgarians in the 8th century and called Yeski Stambolchuk (Eski Stambul), it served as capital of Bulgaria under Simeon the Great in the 10th century. It

Elvis Presley was an American popular singer widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll” and one of rock music’s dominant performers from the mid-1950s until his death. Presley revolutionized popular music with his electrifying performances and enduring influence on generations of recording

Elvis Presley was an American popular singer widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll” and one of rock music’s dominant performers from the mid-1950s until his death. Presley revolutionized popular music with his electrifying performances and enduring influence on generations of recording

Elvis Presley was an American popular singer widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll” and one of rock music’s dominant performers from the mid-1950s until his death. Presley revolutionized popular music with his electrifying performances and enduring influence on generations of recording

Elvis Presley’s Family Tree: Lisa Marie Presley (daughter): Born on February 1, 1968, Lisa Marie Presley never knew a moment outside the spotlight. Her birth was the subject of intense fascination, with photographers camping outside the hospital where she was born, waiting for the first glimpse of the King’s first (and only) child. After her parents’ divorce, she…

Priscilla Presley is an American actress and businesswoman best known for her marriage to musician Elvis Presley. Although they eventually divorced, she remained in the public eye and established an acting career. After his death, she became the executor of Graceland, his estate in Memphis,

Fargo: Summary and characters: …his father-in-law, Wade Gustafson (Harve Presnell). Immediately, Lundegaard’s lateness and his Midwestern earnestness annoy the disgruntled motormouth Showalter and the menacingly quiet Grimsrud.

Fargo: Summary and characters: …his father-in-law, Wade Gustafson (Harve Presnell). Immediately, Lundegaard’s lateness and his Midwestern earnestness annoy the disgruntled motormouth Showalter and the menacingly quiet Grimsrud.

Prešov, town, eastern Slovakia, on the Torysa River. First mentioned in documents in 1247, it became a royal free town in 1374. Prešov is now a state historic town; its medieval oval marketplace, Renaissance burgher houses, and three churches representing Gothic, 16th-century Baroque, and

Balkans: Economic collapse and nationalist resurgence: …Macedonia and Greece signed the Prespa Agreement, under which Macedonia was to be known both domestically and internationally as the Republic of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Republika Severna Makedonija). By January 2019 the Macedonian and Greek legislatures had both approved the measures necessary to pave the way for formal adoption of…

Lake Prespa, lake situated on the North Macedonia–Albania–Greece frontier, with an elevation of 2,800 feet (853 metres) above sea level and an area of 106 square miles (274 square km). Fed by underground streams, it is linked by subterranean channels with Lake Ohrid. Most of Lake Prespa is in North

Lake Prespa, lake situated on the North Macedonia–Albania–Greece frontier, with an elevation of 2,800 feet (853 metres) above sea level and an area of 106 square miles (274 square km). Fed by underground streams, it is linked by subterranean channels with Lake Ohrid. Most of Lake Prespa is in North

Lake Prespa, lake situated on the North Macedonia–Albania–Greece frontier, with an elevation of 2,800 feet (853 metres) above sea level and an area of 106 square miles (274 square km). Fed by underground streams, it is linked by subterranean channels with Lake Ohrid. Most of Lake Prespa is in North

tunnels and underground excavations: Sound-wall blasting: …met by the technique of presplitting, developed in the United States in the late 1950s. Basically, this technique consists of creating a continuous crack (or presplit) at a desired finished excavation line by initially firing a line of closely spaced, lightly loaded holes drilled there. Next, the interior rock mass…

isoprenoid: Tail-to-tail coupling of isoprenoids: …containing a three-membered ring, called presqualene pyrophosphate, to accumulate. (OPP represents the pyrophosphate group.)

Presque Isle, city, Aroostook county, northeastern Maine, U.S., on the Aroostook River and its affluent the Presque Isle Stream, near the New Brunswick (Canada) border, 163 miles (262 km) north-northeast of Bangor. Settled in the 1820s as Fairbanks, it was incorporated as a town in 1859 with a name

Erie: Presque Isle State Park, named for Fort-Presque-Isle (built by the French in 1753), is located on a peninsula that forms a natural harbour for the city of Erie, which is the county seat. This lakeside city, Pennsylvania’s only port on the St. Lawrence Seaway (completed…

wardrobe: …was originally known as a press, and at quite an early date its division into two parts—one for hanging garments, the other for laying them out flat—became established. By the 17th century the word wardrobe was coming to be accepted as descriptive of this kind of piece, while the earlier…

basketball: Principles of play: The press, which can be either man-to-man or zone, is used by a team to guard its opponent so thoroughly that the opposition is forced to hurry its movements and especially to commit errors that result in turnovers. A full-court press applies this pressure defense from…

machine tool: Presses: This large class of machines includes equipment used for forming metal parts by applying the following processes: shearing, blanking, forming, drawing, bending, forging, coining, upsetting, flanging, squeezing, and hammering. All of these processes require presses with a movable ram that can be pressed against an…

weightlifting: Lifts: The press was also a two-part lift. As in the clean and jerk, the barbell was brought to the lifter’s shoulders, the same foot motion being allowed. Then the lifter had to stand erect until the referee signaled for the completion of the lift, which was…

journalism, the collection, preparation, and distribution of news and related commentary and feature materials through such print and electronic media as newspapers, magazines, books, blogs, webcasts, podcasts, social networking and social media sites, and e-mail as well as through radio, motion

newspaper, a publication and form of mass communication and mass media usually issued daily, weekly, or at other regular times that provides news, views, features, and other information of public interest and that often carries advertising. Forerunners of the modern newspaper include the Acta

magazine, a printed or digitally published collection of texts (essays, articles, stories, poems), often illustrated, that is produced at regular intervals (excluding newspapers). A brief treatment of magazines follows. For full treatment, see publishing: Magazine publishing. The modern magazine