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June 2005

WorldSuicide Bomber Strikes in Afghanistan (June 1): At least 20 people killed, including Kabul police chief, in attack on mosque in Kandahar. European Constitution in Jeopardy (June 1):…

Biographies: 2015 People in the News

2015 People in the News See also 2014 People in the News 2013 People in the News 2012 People in the News 2011 People in the News 2010 People in the News 2009 People in…

Ireland, Republic of

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Ireland, Republic of, Gaelic, Eire, republic (2015 est. pop. 4,700,000), 27,136 sq mi (70,282 sq km). It occupies all but the northeastern corner of the island of Ireland in the…

2001 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Best PictureIn the BedroomBest ActorDenzel Washington, Training DayBest ActressSissy Spacek, In the BedroomBest Supporting ActorJim Broadbent, Iris and Moulin RougeBest Supporting ActressKate…

James Ronald CHALMERS, Congress, MS (1831-1898)

CHALMERS James Ronald , a Representative from Mississippi; born near Lynchburg, Halifax County, Va., January 12, 1831; moved with his parents in 1835 to Jackson, Tenn., and in 1839 to Holly…

cult

(Encyclopedia) cult, ritual observances involved in worship of, or communication with, the supernatural or its symbolic representations. A cult includes the totality of ideas, activities, and…

Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of

(Encyclopedia) Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl ofLeicester, Robert Dudley, earl oflĕsˈtər [key], 1532?–1588, English courtier and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. A younger son of John Dudley, duke of…

Butler, Nicholas Murray

(Encyclopedia) Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862–1947, American educator, president of Columbia Univ. (1902–45), b. Elizabeth, N.J., grad. Columbia (B.A., 1882; Ph.D., 1884). Holding a Columbia…