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Forrest Mars, Jr.
Forrest Edward Mars Jr. (August 16, 1931 – July 26, 2016) was an American heir and businessman. He was the eldest son of Audrey Ruth (Meyer) and Forrest Mars Sr., and the grandson of Franklin Clarence Mars, the founder of Mars Inc. He served as co-president of the confectionery company from 1975 to 1999.Forrest E. Mars, Jr., Businessman and Philanthropist, Passes Away at 84
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In March 2015, '''' estimated his wealth to be $26.8 billion up from US$11 billion in March 2010. In October 2012, the Bloomberg Billionaires List ranked Mars as the 31st riche ...
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Oak Park Township, Cook County, Illinois
Oak Park Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois and its boundaries are coterminous with the village of Oak Park. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,583. Geography According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Oak Park Township has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the 2020 census there were 54,583 people, 21,701 households, and 12,774 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 25,953 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 62.02% White, 19.08% African American, 0.31% Native American, 5.46% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.66% from other races, and 10.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.31% of the population. There were 21,701 households, out of which 30.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.56% were married couples living together, 9.89% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 41.14% were non- ...
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Stock-Raising Homestead Act
The Stock-Raising Homestead Act of 1916 provided settlers of public land—a full section or its equivalent—for ranching purposes. Unlike the Homestead Act of 1862 or the Enlarged Homestead Act of 1909, land homesteaded under the 1916 act separated surface rights from subsurface rights, resulting in what later became known as split estates.Split EstatePrivate Surface / Public Minerals: What Does it Mean to You?
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Washingtonian (magazine)
''Washingtonian'' is a monthly magazine distributed in the Washington, D.C. area, with a focus on local feature journalism, guide book-style articles, real estate, and politics Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with decision-making, making decisions in social group, groups, or other forms of power (social and political), power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of Social sta .... Founded in 1965 by Laughlin Phillips and Robert J. Myers, it describes itself as "The Magazine Washington Lives By". Editorial content ''Washingtonian'' publishes information about local professionals, businesses, and notable places in Washington, D.C. Each issue includes information on popular local attractions, such as restaurants, neighborhoods, and entertainment, such as fine art and museum exhibits. There is a regular in-depth feature reporting on local institutions, politicians, businessmen, academics, and philanthropists. Since 1971, the magazi ...
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People (magazine)
''People'' is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories. It is published by Dotdash Meredith, a subsidiary of IAC. With a readership of 46.6 million adults in 2009, ''People'' had the largest audience of any American magazine, but it fell to second place in 2018 after its readership significantly declined to 35.9 million. ''People'' had $997 million in advertising revenue in 2011, the highest advertising revenue of any American magazine. In 2006, it had a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by '' Advertising Age'' in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation, and advertising.Martha Nelson Named Editor, The People Group
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The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ...
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Vassar College
Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college became coeducational in 1969. The college offers BA degrees in more than fifty majors. Vassar College's varsity sports teams, known as the Brewers, play in the NCAA Division III as members of the Liberty League. Currently, there are close to 2,500 students. The college is one of the historic Seven Sisters. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings. A designated arboretum, the campus features more than 200 species of trees, a native plant preserve, and a ecological preserve. History Vassar was founded as a women's school under the name "Vassar Female College" in 1861. Its first president was Milo P. Jewett, who had previously been first president of another women's school, Judson College; he led a staff of ten pro ...
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Heart Attack
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is retrosternal Angina, chest pain or discomfort that classically radiates to the left shoulder, arm, or jaw. The pain may occasionally feel like heartburn. This is the dangerous type of acute coronary syndrome. Other symptoms may include shortness of breath, nausea, presyncope, feeling faint, a diaphoresis, cold sweat, Fatigue, feeling tired, and decreased level of consciousness. About 30% of people have atypical symptoms. Women more often present without chest pain and instead have neck pain, arm pain or feel tired. Among those over 75 years old, about 5% have had an MI with little or no history of symptoms. An MI may cause heart failure, an Cardiac arrhythmia, irregular heartbeat, cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest. Most MIs occur d ...
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Marijke Mars
Marijke Elizabeth Mars (born 1965) is an American billionaire heiress and businesswoman. In March 2018 ''Forbes'' estimated her wealth to be $5.9 billion. She was ranked as the 30th-richest woman in the world, a position shared with her three sisters. Marijke Mars is a fourth generation member of the Mars family. Her father was the late Forrest Mars Jr. (1931–2016). She has three sisters: Pamela Mars-Wright, Valerie Mars and Victoria B. Mars. She inherited about an 8 percent stake on Mars Inc. in 2016, which made her a billionaire. According to ''Forbes'', her shares were valued at $5.9 billion (March 2018). She graduated (B.A./B.Sc.) from Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 .... After her graduation she worked as a regional manager for Kal K ...
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Pamela Mars-Wright
Pamela Diane Mars-Wright (née Mars; born 1960) is an American businesswoman and billionaire heiress. Previously, she was the chairman of the board of Mars Inc. She is a supervisory board member of Dutch brewing company Heineken International. Mars-Wright is a fourth generation member of the Mars family. Her father was Forrest Mars Jr. (1931–2016). She has three sisters: Marijke Mars, Valerie Mars and Victoria B. Mars. She inherited about 8 percent stake of Mars Inc. in 2016, which made her a billionaire. According to ''Bloomberg Billionaires Index'', her net worth was valued worth of $11.5 billion as of June 2021. Mars-Wright attended the elite Foxcroft School for girls. Mars-Wright graduated (BA/BSc) from Vassar College. She has held several roles within Mars Inc. She started as an operations supervisor in 1986, then she became plant director manager at the company's petcare factory followed by a position as manufacturing director at Mars Australia. After a s ...
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Valerie Mars
Valerie Anne Mars (born 20 January 1959) is an American billionaire heiress and businesswoman. As of June 2021, ''Bloomberg Billionaires Index'' estimated her wealth to be $11.5 billion. Valerie Mars is a fourth generation member of the Mars family. Her father was late Forrest Mars Jr. (1931–2016). She has three sisters: Marijke Mars, Pamela Mars-Wright and Victoria B. Mars. She inherited about 8 percent stake of Mars Inc. in 2016, which made her a billionaire. She earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia University. She is married to Philip Michael White (since 1984), and has two sons. She is a senior vice president and head of corporate development for Mars, Inc. Since 2014 she has served as a board member of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. She serves also as a board member of Ahlstrom-Munksjö, a Finnish-Swedish stock company (paper industry). She is member of the advisory board of Rabobank North America. Her participation in nonprofit ...
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Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The state's List of capitals in the United States, capital is Richmond, Virginia, Richmond and its most populous city is Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia Beach. Its most populous subdivision is Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax County, part of Northern Virginia, where slightly over a third of Virginia's population of more than 8.8million live. Eastern Virginia is part of the Atlantic Plain, and the Middle Peninsula forms the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Central Virginia lies predominantly in the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont, the foothill region of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which cross the western and southwestern parts of the state. The fertile Shenandoah Valley fosters the state's mo ...
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Press-Republican
The ''Press-Republican'' is a daily newspaper published five days a week, Tuesday through Friday with a Saturday weekend edition in Plattsburgh, New York, United States. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of the Retirement Systems of Alabama. The ''Press-Republican'' covers Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties in Northeastern New York state. Community Newspaper Holdings bought the ''Press-Republican'' in late 2006 from Ottaway Community Newspapers, a division of Dow Jones & Company. History ''The Press-Republican'' traces its history to the ''Republican'' with its first issue printed on April 12, 1811. In October 1813, under Azariah C. Flagg it changed its name to the ''Plattsburgh Republican''. It was a weekly publication until 1916, then the paper changed its name to the ''Plattsburgh Daily Republican'' and printed a daily edition; holidays and Sundays were the exception. Two decades earlier, on August 16, 1894, the ''Plattsburgh Daily Press'' ...
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