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manorial system

(Encyclopedia) manorial systemmanorial systemmənôrˈēəl, măn– [key] or seignorial systemseignorial systemsēnyôrˈēəl [key], economic and social system of medieval Europe under which peasants' land…

Seattle Seahawks 2000 Roster By Statistics

Passing (5 Att)AttCmpPctYdsTDRateJon Kitna49527054.533462377.7Glenn Foley301860.02832113.6Interceptions: Kitna 16.Top ReceiversNoYdsAvgLongTDDerrick Mayes6282913.443-td10Sean Dawkins5899217.…

ISIS Timeline

Sunni militants terrorize countries all over the world in their bid to implement an Islamic state by Beth Rowen and Catherine McNiff Pro-ISIS supporters march in Mosul. Source: AP file photo…

Chagall, Marc

(Encyclopedia) Chagall, MarcChagall, Marcmärk shəgälˈ [key], 1887–1985, Russian painter. In 1907, Chagall left his native Vitebsk for St. Petersburg, where he studied under L. N. Bakst. In Paris (…

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…

William of Occam

(Encyclopedia) William of Occam or OckhamWilliam of Occam or Ockhamboth: ŏkˈəm [key], c.1285–c.1349, English scholastic philosopher. A Franciscan, Occam studied and taught at Oxford from c.1310 until…

Greene, Graham

(Encyclopedia) Greene, Graham (Henry Graham Greene), 1904–91, English novelist and playwright. Although most of his works combine elements of the detective story, the spy thriller, and the…

Kohl, Helmut

(Encyclopedia) Kohl, Helmut (Helmut Josef Michael Kohl)Kohl, Helmuthĕlˈm&oobreve;tˌ yōˈzĕfˌ mĭkhˈäĕl kōl [key], 1930–2017, German statesman, chancellor of West Germany (1982–1990) and reunified…

syllogism

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Categorical syllogism: Venn diagram syllogism, a mode of argument that forms the core of the body of Western logical thought. Aristotle defined syllogistic logic, and his…