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Breadalbane, John Campbell, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Breadalbane, John Campbell, 1st earl ofBreadalbane, John Campbell, 1st earl ofbrədôlˈbĭn, brĕd– [key], 1635?–1717, Scottish nobleman. He took part in the royalist rising of 1654 and…

Ledyard, John

(Encyclopedia) Ledyard, JohnLedyard, Johnlĕdˈyərd [key], 1751–89, American adventurer, b. Groton, Conn. He studied at Dartmouth for year, but left college to ship as a sailor. In 1776 he joined Capt…

Gardner, John

(Encyclopedia) Gardner, John (John Champlin Gardner, Jr.), 1933–82, American writer, b. Batavia, N.Y. He was a teacher, lecturer, and prolific writer of fiction, children's books, poetry, radio plays…

Gower, John

(Encyclopedia) Gower, JohnGower, Johngouˈər, gôr [key], 1330?–1408, English poet. He was the best-known contemporary and friend of Chaucer, who addressed him as “Moral Gower,” at the end of Troilus…

James St. Clair 2001 Deaths

James St. ClairAge: 80 leading Boston trial lawyer who represented President Richard Nixon in 1974 during the Watergate scandal. He also defended Yale University chaplain Rev. William Sloane…

Sara Teasdale: Sunset: St. Louis

Sunset: St. LouisHushed in the smoky haze of summer sunset, When I came home again from far-off places, How many times I saw my western city Dream by her river.Then for an hour the water…

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Renascence

RenascenceEdna St. Vincent MillayAll I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked another way, And saw three islands in a bay. So with my eyes I…

Brewer's: Boues de St. Amand

(Les ). The mud baths of St. Amand (that is, St. Amand —les—Eaux, near Valenciennes, famous for its mineral waters). These mud—baths are a “sorte de limon qui se trouve prés des eaux…

Brewer's: Manna of St. Nicholas of Bari

The name given to a colourless and tasteless poison, sold in phials by a woman of Italy named Tofani, who confessed to having poisoned six hundred persons by this liquid. Source:…

The St. Louis Cardinals, 3-0 in 2000

Date Winner Home Field Oct. 3 Cardinals, 7-5 at St. Louis Oct. 5 Cardinals, 10-4 at St. Louis Oct. 7 Cardinals, 7-1 at Atlanta Game 1 Tuesday, Oct. 3, at St.…