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Donald C. Johanson , in full Donald Carl Johanson (born June 28, 1943, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.), American paleoanthropologist best known for his discovery of “ Lucy,” one of the most complete skeletons of Australopithecus afarensis known, in the Afar region of Ethiopia in
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In 1995, career Foreign Service Officer Mosina H. Jordan was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as ambassador to the Central African Republic (CAR). After U.S. Senate confirmation she arrived in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic and presented her credentials on November
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Jones, John Melvin (1944- )
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