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Rasputin, Grigori Yefimovich

(Encyclopedia) Rasputin, Grigori YefimovichRasputin, Grigori Yefimovichrăspy&oomacr;ˈtĭn, Rus. grĭgôˈrē yĭfēˈməvĭch rəsp&oomacr;ˈtyĭn [key], 1869–1916, Russian holy man and courtier, a…

Barry Levin 2001 Deaths

Barry Levin criminal lawyer who defended Erik Menendez, who was convicted with his brother, Lyle, in 1996 for killing his parents, and recently represented actor Robert Blake, in the unsolved…

1970 National Book Awards

Arts and LettersAn Unfinished Woman: A Memoir, Lillian HellmanChildren's BooksA Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw, Isaac Bashevis SingerFictionThem, Joyce Carol…

1912 Men's Olympic Swimming Medalists

Event   Time   100m Free Duke Kahanamoku, USA 1:03.4     Cecil Healey, AUS 1:04.6     Kenneth Huszagh, USA 1:05.6   400m Free George Hodgson, CAN 5…

Greenbelt

(Encyclopedia) Greenbelt, city (2020 pop. 24,921), Prince Georges co., W central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; chartered 1937.…

Hesselius, Gustavus

(Encyclopedia) Hesselius, GustavusHesselius, Gustavushĕsēˈlēəs [key], 1682–1755, American portrait painter, b. Sweden, settled c.1712 in Philadelphia. He was the earliest portrait painter and organ…

Magdalen Islands

(Encyclopedia) Magdalen IslandsMagdalen Islandsmăgˈdələn [key] or Îles-de-la-MadeleineÎles-de-la-Madeleineēl-də-lä-mädlĕnˈ [key], group of nine main islands and numerous islets (1991 pop. 13,991),…

Linacre, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Linacre or Lynaker, ThomasLinacre or Lynaker, Thomasboth: lĭˈnəkər [key], 1460?–1524, English humanist and physician. He took the degree of doctor of medicine at the Univ. of Padua,…

Montecucculi, Raimondo, conte di

(Encyclopedia) Montecucculi or Montecuccoli, Raimondo, conte diMontecucculi or Montecuccoli, Raimondo, conte dirīmōnˈdō kōnˈtā dē mōnˌtāk&oomacr;kˈk&oomacr;lē, –kōlē [key], 1609–80, Italian…