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Mayweather, Floyd, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Mayweather, Floyd, Jr., 1977–, American boxer, b. Grand Rapids, Mich., as Floyd Joy Sinclair. He began boxing at an early age, coached by his father, a welterweight boxer whose name he…Asimov, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Asimov, IsaacAsimov, Isaacăzˈəmŏf [key], 1920–92, American author and scientist, b. Petrovichi, USSR, grad. Columbia (B.S., 1939; M.A., 1941; Ph.D., 1948). An astonishingly prolific…emotion
(Encyclopedia) emotion, term commonly and loosely used to denote individual, subjective feelings which dictate moods. In psychology, emotion is considered a response to stimuli that involves…candle, cylinder of wax or tallow
(Encyclopedia) candle, cylinder of wax or tallow containing a wick, used for illumination or for ceremonial purposes. The evidence of ancient writings is not conclusive as to the history of the…Purim
(Encyclopedia) PurimPurimp&oomacr;ˈrĭm [key] [Heb.,=lots], Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th of Adar, the twelfth month in the Jewish calendar (Feb.–March). During leap years it is…Sunita, Narain
(Encyclopedia) Sunita, Narain, 1961–, Indian writer and environmentalist, b. New Delhi, India, graduated from University of Delhi, honorary degrees…Golden Section
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Rectangle ABCD is a golden rectangle. Removing the square AEFD leaves the rectangle EBCF Golden Section, in mathematics, division of a line segment into two segments such that…rape, territorial division, England
(Encyclopedia) rape, name applied to each of the six obsolete territorial divisions (Hastings, Pevensey, Lewes, Bramber, Arundel, and Chichester) into which Sussex, England, is divided.Cole, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Cole, Thomas, 1801–48, American landscape painter, b. England. He arrived in the United States in 1818 and moved to Ohio, where he was impressed by the beauty of the countryside. In…Gunn, Thom
(Encyclopedia) Gunn, Thom (Thomson William Gunn), 1929–2004, Anglo-American poet, b. Gravesend, Kent, England, grad. Trinity College, Cambridge (1953). Gunn published his first volume of poems, the…Trending
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