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Morgenthau, Robert Morris

(Encyclopedia) Morgenthau, Robert Morris, , 1919-2009, b. New York, N.Y, Amherst College (B.A., 1941); Yale Univ. Law School (J.D., 1948). He was the…

Tracy Chapman

Telling StoriesElektra Proving that she has life long beyond her breakthrough single "Fast Car," Tracy Chapman sold eight million copies of 1995's New Beginning. She picks up where she left…

McGwire, Mark David

(Encyclopedia) McGwire, Mark DavidMcGwire, Mark Davidməgwīrˈ [key], 1963–, American baseball player, b. Pomona, Calif. A muscular first baseman who was a college and Olympic (1984) star, McGwire…

Chapman, John Gadsby

(Encyclopedia) Chapman, John Gadsby, 1808–90, American painter, b. Alexandria, Va. Chapman is noted for his colored etchings of the Roman compagna and the American landscape. His historical painting…

Mark: 2

Mark Chapter 2 1 And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room…

Mark: 12

Mark Chapter 12 1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower,…

Strauss, David Friedrich

(Encyclopedia) Strauss, David FriedrichStrauss, David Friedrichdäˈvēt frēˈdrĭkh shtrous [key], 1808–74, German theologian and philosopher. In Berlin he studied (1831–32) Hegelian philosophy. As tutor…

Mark: 10

Mark Chapter 10 1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught…

Chapman, John Jay

(Encyclopedia) Chapman, John Jay, 1862–1933, American essayist and poet, b. New York City, grad. Harvard, 1885. He was admitted to the bar in 1888, but after 10 years abandoned law for literature.…