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Boise
City (pop., 1996 est.: 153,000), capital of Idaho. The largest city in the state, it lies on the Boise River. Following the 1862 gold rush to the river basin, Ft. Boise was established in 1863, and a community developed to provide services for the mines. It became the capital of Idaho Territory in 1864, and of the state in 1890. Agricultural expansion and the growth of the lumber industry contributed to its rapid growth. Boise is the headquarters of the Boise National Forest.
Bose
Indian revolutionary. Preparing in Britain for a career in the Indian civil service, he resigned his candidacy on hearing of nationalist turmoil back home. Sent by M. Gandhi to organize in Bengal, he was deported and imprisoned several times. He favored industrialization, which put him at odds with Gandhi's economic thought, and though elected president of the Indian National Congress in 1938 and 1939, without Gandhi's support he felt bound to resign. He slipped out of India in 1941 and carried on his struggle against the British from Nazi Germany and later from S.E. Asia. In 1944 he invaded India from Myanmar with a small army of Indian nationals and Japanese, but his army was soon forced to retreat. He fled S.E. Asia after the Japanese surrender in 1945 and died of burns from a plane crash.
Bowie
British rock singer. In the mid-1960s Bowie sang in a number of bands in his native London. He changed his name in 1966 to avoid confusion with the lead singer of The Monkees. His first hit album, Space Oddity (1969), and such later albums as The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972) ushered in the glitter-rock trend, marked by theatricality and androgyny. He collaborated on hit recordings with J. Lennon (Young Americans) and B. Crosby (Peace on Earth), starred on stage in The Elephant Man, and appeared in such films as The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976).
U.S. soldier. Born in Logan Co., Ky., he lived in Louisiana, where he owned a sugar plantation and served in the state legislature. In 1828 he settled in Texas, assumed Mexican citizenship, acquired land grants, and married the vice-governor's daughter. In opposition to Mexican legislation to curb the emigration of white settlers, he joined the Texas revolutionary movement and became a colonel in the Texas army. He is remembered for his death leading the forces at the Alamo. He invented the knife that bears his name and became a legendary hero through Western song and ballad.
Bowles
U.S. advertising executive and diplomat. Born in Springfield, Mass., he graduated from Yale Univ. In 1929 he and W. Benton established the Benton and Bowles advertising company, which became one of the largest in the world. After selling his interest in 1941, Bowles served as director of the Federal Price Administration 1943-46. Elected governor of Connecticut in 1948, he was defeated in 1950 because of his liberal stand on civil rights. He ...
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