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Quetzalcoatl

(Encyclopedia) QuetzalcoatlQuetzalcoatlkĕtˌsälkôätˈəl [key] [Nahuatl,=feathered serpent], ancient deity and legendary ruler of the Toltec in Mexico. The name is also that of a Toltec ruler, who is…

Brewer's: Aztecs

An indigenous people of Mexico who, in 1325, founded Tenochtitlán. They were in the zenith of their power in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. When the Spaniards arrived, their king…

John Paul II, 2000 News

pope, in March issued an unprecedented, comprehensive papal apology for errors the church has committed over the past 2,000 years. In the Lenten mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, the pope…

King Abdullah II, 1999 News

37, became the fourth ruler of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in February, succeeding his father, King Hussein, who died after losing an 8-month battle with cancer. Abdullah, the former…

William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act II

Act IIScene IA room in Polonius' houseEnter Polonius and ReynaldoLord PoloniusGive him this money and these notes, Reynaldo.ReynaldoI will, my lord.Lord PoloniusYou shall do marvellous wisely…

John Paul II 2005 Deaths

John Paul II(Karol Józef Wojtyła)Age: 84 charismatic pope who was credited with hastening the fall of communism in Poland and in other Eastern bloc countries. He opposed war and the death…

Victor Kiam II 2001 Deaths

Victor Kiam IIAge: 74 former New England Patriots owner (1988-92); current board of directors chairman and former spokesperson and part-owner of Connecticut's Remington Products Co., which…

William Shakespeare: Richard II, Act I

Act IScene ILondon. King Richard II's palaceEnter King Richard II, John of Gaunt, with other Nobles and AttendantsKing Richard IIOld John of Gaunt, time-honour'd Lancaster, Hast thou,…

William Shakespeare: Richard II, Act V

Act VScene ILondon. A street leading to the TowerEnter Queen and LadiesQueenThis way the king will come; this is the way To Julius Caesar's ill-erected tower, To whose flint bosom my…