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Hague, The
(Encyclopedia) Hague, The Hague, The hāg [key], Du. 's Gravenhage or Den Haag, Fr. La Haye,…U.S. Women's Open Champions
Year Winner Score 1946 Patty Berg (match play) — 1947 Betty Jameson 295…nationalization
(Encyclopedia) nationalization, acquisition and operation by a country of business enterprises formerly owned and operated by private individuals or corporations. State or local authorities have…Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3d Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3d Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman. His viscountcy, to which he succeeded in 1802, was in the Irish peerage and therefore did not prevent him from…minimalism
(Encyclopedia) minimalism, schools of contemporary art and music, with their origins in the 1960s, that have emphasized simplicity and objectivity. In music, the minimalist movement was, like…Hercules, Greek hero
(Encyclopedia) HerculesHerculeshûrˈkyəlēzˌ [key], Heracles, or HeraklesHeraklesboth: hĕrˈəklēzˌ [key], most popular of all Greek heroes, famous for extraordinary strength and courage. Alcmene, wife…Boone, Daniel
(Encyclopedia) Boone, Daniel, 1734–1820, American frontiersman, b. Oley (now Exeter) township, near Reading, Pa. The Boones, English Quakers, left Pennsylvania in 1750 and settled (1751 or 1752) in…Volgograd
(Encyclopedia) VolgogradVolgogradvôlgəgrätˈ [key], formerly Stalingrad, city (1989 pop. 999,000), capital of Volgograd region, SE European Russia, a port on the Volga River and the eastern terminus…translation
(Encyclopedia) translation [Lat.,=carrying across], the rendering of a text into another language. Applied to literature, the term connotes the art of recomposing a work in another language without…William Shakespeare: Much Ado about Nothing, Act III, Scene II
Scene IIA room in Leonato's houseEnter Don Pedro, Claudio, Benedick, and LeonatoDon PedroI do but stay till your marriage be consummate, and then go I toward Arragon.ClaudioI'll bring you…Trending
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