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Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of KandaharRoberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandaharkăndəhärˈ [key], 1832–1914, British field marshal. He joined the Bengal…Pitcairn Island
(Encyclopedia) Pitcairn Island, volcanic island (2005 est. pop. 45), 2.5 sq mi (6.5 sq km), South Pacific, SE of Tuamotu Archipelago. Adamstown is the capital and only settlement. The first British…Murdoch, Rupert
(Encyclopedia) Murdoch, Rupert (Keith Rupert Murdoch), 1931–, Australian-American publishing magnate. Combining sensationalist journalism (often reflective of his generally hawkish, strongly…Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of
(Encyclopedia) Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of…Freetown
(Encyclopedia) Freetown, city (1995 est. pop. 519,500), capital of Sierra Leone, W Sierra Leone, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Located on the Sierra Leone peninsula, Freetown is the nation's…Hastings, Warren
(Encyclopedia) Hastings, Warren, 1732–1818, first governor-general of British India. Employed (1750) as a clerk by the East India Company, he soon became manager of a trading post in Bengal. When…bicameral system
(Encyclopedia) bicameral systembicameral systembīkămˈərəl [key], governmental system dividing the legislative function between two chambers, an “upper,” such as the U.S. Senate and the British House…MIS PC Tech
Anonymous Tell us about your work---what do you do? I'm a PC Technician for the Chick-fil-A, Inc. home office staff. I work on a team of about five…Brewer's: Conscience Money
Money paid anonymously to Government by persons who have defrauded the revenue. Their conscience being uneasy, they send the deficit to the Treasury, and the sum is advertised in the…Brewer's: Unknown
The Great Unknown. Sir Walter Scott. So called because the Waverley Novels were at first published anonymously. It was James Ballantyne who first applied the term to the unknown novelist…Trending
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