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Scudder, Samuel Hubbard
(Encyclopedia) Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, 1837–1911, American entomologist, b. Boston, grad. Williams (B.A., 1857) and Harvard (B.S., 1862). The founder of American insect paleontology and an authority…Bliss, Sir Arthur
(Encyclopedia) Bliss, Sir Arthur, 1891–1975, English composer. Bliss's teachers included Charles Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Gustav Holst. He was made Master of the Queen's Musick in 1953.…utilitarianism
(Encyclopedia) utilitarianismutilitarianismy&oomacr;ˌtĭlĭtrˈēənĭzəm, y&oomacr;tĭˌ– [key], in ethics, the theory that the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined by its usefulness in…Welsh literature
(Encyclopedia) Welsh literature, literary writings in the Welsh language. In the 20th cent. attempts at language purification, interest in Welsh mythology, and a turning away from earlier Welsh…Bond's Homerun Record Is Discredited by Many
Steroid allegations hound Giants slugger by Mark Zurlo and Chris Warner Related Links Barry Bonds BiographySteroids Allegedly Used by Barry BondsBarry Bonds Cast of…Antony and Cleopatra
By:William ShakespeareDirector:Barrie RutterSets and costumes:Jessica WorrallLighting:Brian HarrisSound:Conrad NelsonOpened:10/97 at the Majestic TheaterCast:Ishia Bennison, Barrie Rutter,…Haynes, John
(Encyclopedia) Haynes, John, c.1594–1654, colonial governor of Massachusetts and then of Connecticut. He emigrated (1633) from England to Massachusetts and as governor (1635) banished Roger Williams…Bridgman, Percy Williams
(Encyclopedia) Bridgman, Percy Williams, 1882–1961, American physicist, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1904; Ph.D., 1908). From 1910 he taught at Harvard, as professor from 1919. He won…Weiss, Rainer
(Encyclopedia) Weiss, Rainer, 1932–, American physicist, b. Berlin, Germany, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962. Weiss has been on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of…1975 Academy Awards
The 1975 Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1976 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureBarry Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick, producer (Warner Bros.)Dog Day Afternoon,…Trending
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