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Cicero, Roman orator

(Encyclopedia) Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)Cicerosĭsˈərō [key] or Tully, 106 b.c.–43 b.c., greatest Roman orator, famous also as a politician and a philosopher. To the modern reader probably the…

Cabinet Members Under Nixon

Secretary of State William P. Rogers, 1969Henry A. Kissinger, 1973Secretary of the Treasury David M. Kennedy, 1969John B. Connally, 1971George P. Shultz, 1972William E. Simon, 1974Secretary…

1997 People in the News

Marv Albert,Madeleine Albright,Marshall Applewhite,Vernon Baker,Ennis Cosby,Andrew CunananEllen DeGeneresJohn du PontF. W. de Klerk,Linda Finch,Lt. Kelly Flinn,Alberto Fujimoro,Martina Hingis…

Brewer's: Dives

(l syl.), Divs or Deevs. Demons of Persian mythology. According to the Koran, they are ferocious and gigantic spirits under the sovereignty of Eblis. “At Lahore, in the Mogul's palace, are…

Brewer's: Amri

in the satire of Absalom and Achitophel, by Dryden and Tate, is designed for Heneage Finch, Earl of Notthingham and Lord Chancellor. Our list of nobles next let Amri grace, Whose merits…

Brewer's: Crow

As the crow flies. The shortest route between two given places. The crow flies straight to its point of destination. Called the bee-line in America. Crow. (See Raven.) I must pluck a…

Back On Top

Two decades and five head coaches after its last NCAA title, UCLA finally wins its first championship of the post-Wooden era.—Gene Wojciechowski They came. They saw. They resigned. That's…

Part Three in a Six-Part Series

Mirror Image by Alicia Potter Source:John Dyer, 1996 The pressure on men comes from another direction, too. Women run companies, fly fighter planes, and, yes, pump iron — leaving the boys…