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Ignatius of Constantinople, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Ignatius of Constantinople, Saint, c.800–877, Greek churchman, patriarch of Constantinople. A son of Byzantine Emperor Michael I, he was castrated and shut up in a monastery (813) by…

Miloš, prince of Serbia

(Encyclopedia) Miloš or Milosh (Miloš Obrenović)Milošboth: mĭˈlôsh ōbrĕˈnəvĭch [key], 1780–1860, prince of Serbia (1817–39, 1858–60), founder of the Obrenović dynasty and of modern Serbia. An…

1998–99 NFL Season: Reserves

49th NFL Pro Bowl Game and 29th AFC-NFC contest (NFC leads series, 15-14). Date: Feb. 7 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. Coaches: Bill Belichick, NYJ, replacing Bill Parcells (AFC) and Dennis Green,…

Kent, George Edward Alexander Edmund, duke of

(Encyclopedia) Kent, George Edward Alexander Edmund, duke of, 1902–42, fourth son of George V of Great Britain. He traveled extensively as “salesman of the empire.” A member of the Royal Air Force…

farad

(Encyclopedia) faradfaradfărˈəd [key] [for Michael Faraday], unit of electrical capacitance, equivalent to 1 coulomb of stored charge per volt of applied potential difference.

1997 All-NFL Team

The 1997 All-NFL team combining the All-Pro selections of the Associated Press, The Sporting News (TSN) and the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA). Holdovers from the 1996 All-NFL Team…

1998 All-NFL Team

The 1998 All-NFL team combining the All-Pro selections of the Associated Press, The Sporting News (TSN) and the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA). Holdovers from the 1997 All-NFL Team…

Michael Saylor, 2000 News

35, software and Internet company executive, lost $6 billion (on paper) in one day when the stock of his company, MicroStrategy, lost 62% of its value on March 20. MicroStrategy “cooked the…

Sir Michael Edwardes Biography

Sir Michael Edwardesbusiness executiveBorn: 1930Birthplace: South Africa After studying at Rhodes University, he began his career with the Chloride Group in Africa in 1951, becoming a…

Michael A. Spence Biography

Michael A. Spence scholar, economistBorn: 1943Birthplace: Montclair, N.J. A bi-coastal economist specializing in the study of dynamic competition and the economics of information, he taught…