Search

Search results

Displaying 121 - 130

59th Annual Golden Globe Awards

Best Series—Drama:Six Feet Under (HBO)Best Actor in a Drama:Kiefer Sutherland, 24Best Actress in a Drama:Jennifer Garner, AliasBest Series—Musical or Comedy:Sex and the City (HBO)Best Actor…

James Wilson: Speech of James Wilson

Speech of James WilsonJames Wilson6 October 1787Abstract The Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session when the new Constitution was proposed, so the ratification campaign proceeded…

corporative state

(Encyclopedia) corporative state, economic system inaugurated by the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini in Italy. It was adapted in modified form under other European dictatorships, among them Adolf…

Henderson, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Henderson, Arthur, 1863–1935, British statesman, organizer and leader of the British Labour party. In early life he was an ironworker and a labor union leader. Elected (1903) to…

Chanzy, Antoine Eugène Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Chanzy, Antoine Eugène AlfredChanzy, Antoine Eugène AlfredäNtwänˈ özhĕnˈ älfrĕdˈ shäNzēˈ [key], 1823–83, French general. After service in Algeria, Italy, and Syria, he was refused a…

Charles I, king of Portugal

(Encyclopedia) Charles I, 1863–1908, king of Portugal (1889–1908), son and successor of Louis I. A cultured man, learned in language and oceanography, Charles had little opportunity to display his…

Abd el-Krim

(Encyclopedia) Abd el-KrimAbd el-Krimäbˌdĕl-krĭmˈ [key], 1882?–1963, leader of the Rif tribes of Morocco, called in full Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi. An important figure in the…

Czech Legion

(Encyclopedia) Czech Legion, military force of about 40,000 to 50,000 men, composed mostly of Czech and Slovak Russian prisoners of war and deserters from the Austro-Hungarian army who enrolled in…

Aranguren, José Luis

(Encyclopedia) Aranguren, José Luis (José Luis López-Aranguren Jimenez)Aranguren, José Luishōsāˈ l&oomacr;ēsˈ äräng&oomacr;ˈrān [key], 1909–96, Spanish philosopher, essayist, and literary…

Belfort

(Encyclopedia) Belfort Belfort bāfôrˈ, bĕ–, bĕl– [key], city, capital of the Territory…