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Brutus XII

Brutus XII7 February 1788by See also Federalist No. 81In my last, I shewed, that the judicial power of the United States under the first clause of the second section of article eight, would…

Comma

Use a comma:To separate words in a list or series: The baby likes grapes, bananas, and cantaloupe.To separate two or more adjectives that come before a noun when and can be substituted…

Roux, Pierre Paul Émile

(Encyclopedia) Roux, Pierre Paul ÉmileRoux, Pierre Paul Émilepyĕr pōl āmēlˈ [key]Roux, Pierre Paul Émile r&oomacr; [key], 1853–1933, French physician and bacteriologist. He was a pupil of and…

Sturdee, Sir Frederick Charles Doveton

(Encyclopedia) Sturdee, Sir Frederick Charles DovetonSturdee, Sir Frederick Charles Dovetonstûrˈdē [key], 1859–1925, British admiral. He entered the navy in 1871 and rose to become (1914) chief of…

Hackensack, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Hackensack, city (2020 pop. 46,030), seat of Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Hackensack River, a residential and industrial suburb of New…

Jívaro

(Encyclopedia) JívaroJívarohēˈvärō [key], linguistic stock of Native South Americans in Ecuador. The peoples, N of the Marañón River and E of the Andes, engage in farming, hunting, fishing, and…

Ingolstadt

(Encyclopedia) Ingolstadt Ingolstadt ĭngˈgôlshtät [key], city, Bavaria, S central Germany, on the Danube River. It is…

Mendelsohn, Erich

(Encyclopedia) Mendelsohn, ErichMendelsohn, Erichāˈrĭkh mĕnˈdəlzōn [key], 1887–1953, German architect, pioneer of expressionism. He is best known for his exuberant, sculptural design for the Einstein…

Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott

(Encyclopedia) Gellert, Christian FürchtegottGellert, Christian Fürchtegottkrĭsˈtyän fürkhˈtəgôt gĕlˈərt [key], 1715–69, German poet and moralist. His best-known works are Fabeln und Erzählungen (…