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Sanhedrin

(Encyclopedia) SanhedrinSanhedrinsănhĕdˈrĭn [key], ancient Jewish legal and religious institution in Jerusalem that appears to have exercised the functions of a court between c.63 b.c. and c.a.d. 68…

Fort-de-France

(Encyclopedia) Fort-de-France Fort-de-France fôr-də-fräNs [key], city, capital of the French overseas dept. of…

Görres, Joseph von

(Encyclopedia) Görres, Joseph vonGörres, Joseph vonyōˈzĕf fən görˈəs [key], 1776–1848, German historian, journalist, and writer. As lecturer on philosophy at the Univ. of Heidelberg he befriended…

Belloc, Hilaire

(Encyclopedia) Belloc, Hilaire (Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc)Belloc, Hilairebĕlˈŏk [key], 1870–1953, English author, b. France. He became a British subject in 1902, and from 1906 to 1910 was a…

Brewer's: Stimulants of Great Men

BONAPARTE took snuff when he wished to stimulate his intellect, or when he was greatly annoyed. BRAHAM (the singer) drank bottled porter. The REV, WILLIAM BULL, the Nonconformist, was an…

Brewer's: Argantes

(3 syl.). A Circassian of high rank and matchless courage, but fierce to brutality, and an ultra-despiser of the sect of the Nazarenes. He was sent as an ambassador from Egypt to King…

Broglie

(Encyclopedia) BroglieBrogliebrôˈyə, brôglēˈ [key], French noble family of Piedmontese origin, who settled in France in the 17th cent. Victor Maurice, comte de Broglie, 1647–1727, was marshal of…

Amsterdam, city, Netherlands

(Encyclopedia) Amsterdam Amsterdam ămˈstərdămˌ, Dutch ämstərdämˈ [key], city (2021 pop. 1,157,519), constitutional capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the…

1998 World Cup Wrap-up

by Gerry Brown Vive la France! The headlines scream that the French toasted Brazil 3-0 in a tremendous upset in the World Cup championship. But if you look a little closer, the upset wasn't quite…

Cinco de Mayo

A U.S. celebration of Mexican Heritage The Battle of Puebla Victory Monument Related Links Mexico Puebla Benito Juárez Cesar Chavez Calendar & Holidays Cinco de…