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Herman Cain: Campaign Issues

  Where he stands   Herman Cain Photo by: Gage Skidmore Related Links Barack Obama: Campaign Issues Campaign 2012 Closest Presidential Races Presidential Gallery…

Tubal-cain

(Encyclopedia) Tubal-cainTubal-caint&oomacr;ˈbəl-kān [key], in the New Testament, son of Lamech. He first worked brass and iron.

Cain

(Encyclopedia) CainCainkān [key], in the Bible, eldest son of Adam and Eve, a tiller of the soil. In jealousy he killed his brother Abel and became a fugitive.

Lamech

(Encyclopedia) LamechLamechlāˈmĕk [key], in the Bible. 1 Descendant of Cain and therefore accursed. He was the father of Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain. 2 Descendant of Seth and father of Noah.

Cain, James Mallahan

(Encyclopedia) Cain, James Mallahan, 1892–1977, American novelist, b. Annapolis, Md., grad. Washington College, 1910. He taught journalism (1924–25), wrote political commentaries for the New York…

Nod, Land of

(Encyclopedia) Nod, Land of, [Heb.,=wandering], in the Bible, the traditional refuge of Cain somewhere E of Eden.

Hollerith, Herman

(Encyclopedia) Hollerith, HermanHollerith, Hermanhōˈlərĭth [key], 1860–1929, American inventor, b. Buffalo, N.Y. After graduating from Columbia Univ. (B.S., 1879), he worked on the U.S. Census of…

Reyles, Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Reyles, CarlosReyles, Carloskärˈlōs rāˈlās [key], 1868–1938, Uruguayan novelist. A wealthy breeder of horses, Reyles traveled extensively and devoted himself to writing. His…

Robbers, Herman

(Encyclopedia) Robbers, HermanRobbers, Hermanhĕrˈmän rôˈbərs [key], 1868–1937, Dutch novelist. A representative of descriptive realism, he wrote De Roman van een Gezin (1909–10; tr. The Fortunes of a…

Gorter, Herman

(Encyclopedia) Gorter, HermanGorter, Hermanhĕrˈmän gôrˈtər [key], 1864–1927, Dutch poet. He wrote two notable long poems, Mei (1889) and Pan (1912). A Marxian socialist, Gorter was a well-known…