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Michael Delavan WARD, Congress, KY (1951)

WARD Michael Delavan , a Representative from Kentucky; born in White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., January 7, 1951; graduated from Atherton High School; B.S., University of Louisville,…

Godiva, Lady

(Encyclopedia) Godiva, LadyGodiva, Ladygōdīˈvə [key], fl. c.1040–80, wife of Leofric, earl of Mercia; famous for her legendary ride through the city of Coventry. She was a benefactor of several…

Egan, Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Egan, PatrickEgan, Patrickēˈgən [key], 1841–1919, Irish and American political leader, b. Co. Longford, Ireland. Fervently devoted to the cause of Irish home rule and land reform, he…

Dumfries, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia) Dumfries Dumfries dəmfrēsˈ [key], town, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland, on the Nith River. The…

Krzyzewski, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Krzyzewski, Mike (Michael William Krzyzewski)Krzyzewski, Mikeshəshĕvˈskē [key], 1947–, American basketball coach, b. Chicago. He attended West Point (grad. 1969), where he played…

Kelley, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Kelley, Mike (Michael Kelley), 1954–2012, American artist, b. Wayne, Mich., studied Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.F.A., 1976), California Institute of the Arts (M.F.A., 1978). At…

Karplus, Martin

(Encyclopedia) Karplus, Martin, 1930–, Austrian-American theoretical chemist, b. Vienna, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1953. He has been a professor at Harvard since 1967, studying the…

Karsavina, Tamara

(Encyclopedia) Karsavina, TamaraKarsavina, Tamaratəmäˈrə Kərsäˈvyĭnə [key], 1885–1978, Russian prima ballerina. Karsavina was trained in the Imperial Theatre School and the Mariinsky Theatre in St.…

Linear Scripts

(Encyclopedia) Linear Scripts, forms of Minoan writing. The earliest Minoan writing consisted of pictographs, called Cretan hieroglyphs, which date from about 2000 b.c. The first linear script,…

Erving, Julius

(Encyclopedia) Erving, JuliusErving, Juliusûrˈvĭng [key], 1950–, American basketball player, b. Roosevelt, N.J., known as “Dr. J.” An excellent shooter, rebounder, and ball-handler, he played for the…