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MENClass Super-Lightweight (–132 lbs) Minho Choi, KOR Ludwig Paischer, AUT Rishod…Moody, Dwight Lyman
(Encyclopedia) Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837–99, American evangelist, b. Northfield, Mass. He became successful in business in Chicago, where he settled in 1856. His activities there as a Sunday-school…Midrash
(Encyclopedia) MidrashMidrashmĭdˈräsh [key] [Heb.,=to examine, to investigate], verse by verse interpretation of Hebrew Scriptures, consisting of homily and exegesis, by Jewish teachers since about…Lincoln, Mary Todd
(Encyclopedia) Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818–82, wife of Abraham Lincoln, b. Lexington, Ky. Of a good Kentucky family, she was living with her sister, daughter-in-law of Gov. Ninian Edwards of Illinois,…New Madrid
(Encyclopedia) New MadridNew Madridmăˈdrĭd [key], city (2000 pop. 3,334), seat of New Madrid co., extreme SE Mo., on Mississippi River at the sweeping New Madrid Bend; inc. 1808. A river port, the…Ch'ien-lung
(Encyclopedia) Ch'ien-lungCh'ien-lungchyĕnˈ-l&oomacr;ngˈ [key], 1711–99, reign title of the fourth emperor (1735–96) of the Ch'ing dynasty, whose given name was Hung-li. Under his vigorous…Haggai
(Encyclopedia) HaggaiHaggaihăgˈāī [key], prophetic book of the Bible. Dated 520 b.c., it is a collection of five oracles addressed to Jews, newly returned from the Babylonian exile. The prophet…Hauser, Kaspar
(Encyclopedia) Hauser, KasparHauser, Kasparkäsˈpär houˈzər [key], 1812?–1833, mysterious German foundling. He appeared in Nuremberg in 1828 in a state of semi-idiocy, producing dubious documents and…Seymour, Horatio
(Encyclopedia) Seymour, HoratioSeymour, Horatiosēˈmôr, sēˈmər [key], 1810–86, American politician, b. Pompey Hill, N.Y. He studied law at Utica, N.Y. and was admitted to the bar in 1832. A Democrat,…Barthelme, Donald
(Encyclopedia) Barthelme, DonaldBarthelme, Donaldbärtˈəlmē [key], 1931–89, American writer, b. Philadelphia. The son of an architect, he grew up in Texas, moved (1962) to New York City, worked as a…Trending
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