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Paralympic games
(Encyclopedia) Paralympic games, series of international sports contests for athletes with physical, visual, and intellectual impairments. The games grew out of a gathering of British World War II…Barrett, Amy Coney
(Encyclopedia) Barrett, Amy Coney, 1972–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2020–), b. New Orleans, grad. Univ. of Notre Dame Law School (1997). She clerked for Supreme Court Justice…Page, William
(Encyclopedia) Page, William, 1811–85, American historical and portrait painter, b. Albany, N.Y., studied with S. F. B. Morse and at the National Academy of Design. Among his best-known works are…Drusilla
(Encyclopedia) DrusillaDrusilladr&oomacr;sĭlˈə [key], daughter of Herod Agrippa I, married to Felix the procurator and mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles.Gondwanaland
(Encyclopedia) GondwanalandGondwanalandgŏndˌwäˈnəlăndˌ [key]: see continental drift.Laurasia
(Encyclopedia) LaurasiaLaurasialôrāzhˈə [key]: see continental drift.Dred Scott Case
(Encyclopedia) Dred Scott Case, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1856–57. It involved the then bitterly contested issue of the status of slavery in the federal territories. In 1834, Dred Scott…Cooper, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Cooper, Thomas, 1759–1839, American scientist, educator, and political philosopher, b. London, educated at Oxford. His important works include Political Essays (1799); the appendixes…Madden, John Earl
(Encyclopedia) Madden, John Earl, 1936-2021, American football coach and broadcaster, b. Austin, Mn., Cal. Polytechic, San Luis Obispo (B.S., 1959; M.S…Ascham, Roger
(Encyclopedia) Ascham, RogerAscham, Rogerăsˈkəm [key], 1515–68, English humanist and scholar, b. Yorkshire. Ascham was a major intellectual figure of the early Tudor period. His Toxophilus (1545), an…Trending
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