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Carlos, prince of the Asturias

(Encyclopedia) Carlos, 1545–68, prince of the Asturias, son of Philip II of Spain and Maria of Portugal. Don Carlos, who seems to have been mentally unbalanced and subject to fits of homicidal mania…

Windthorst, Ludwig

(Encyclopedia) Windthorst, LudwigWindthorst, Ludwigl&oobreve;tˈvĭkh vĭntˈhôrst [key], 1812–91, German political leader. As a founder and head of the Catholic Center party, he became the Reichstag…

Baer, Karl Ernst von

(Encyclopedia) Baer, Karl Ernst von, 1792–1876, Estonian biologist. He was a professor at Würzburg and Königsberg and from 1834 at St. Petersburg. Considered a founder of modern embryology, he…

Pudgy Red Elf vs. Little Green Men

Seventy-five years after Clement Moore penned The Night Before Christmas, which gave us the first detailed description of Mr. Claus, the jolly old elf made his debut in a minutes-long…

Hutchinson v. Proxmire (1979)

Case SummaryProfessor Ronald Hutchinson sued Senator William Proxmire for defamation after the Senator gave a “Golden Fleece“ award to the agencies that funded the professor's research.The…

Federalist No. 67

No 66 No 68 The Executive Department From the New York Packet.Tuesday, March 11, 1788. Hamilton To the People of the State of New York: THE constitution of the…

The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 67

by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 66Federalist No. 68Federalist No. 67 The Executive Department To the People of the State of New York: The constitution…

Federalist No. 32

No 31 No 33 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) From the Daily Advertiser.Thursday, January 3, 1788.Hamilton To the People of the…

The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 32

by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 31Federalist No. 33Federalist No. 32 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) To the People of…