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Toussaint Louverture, François Dominique

(Encyclopedia) Toussaint Louverture or L'Ouverture, François DominiqueToussaint Louverture or L'Ouverture, François DominiquefräNswäˈ dômēnēkˈ t&oomacr;săNˈ l&oomacr;vĕrtürˈ [key], c.1744–…

Oakland Raiders 2000 Roster By Statistics

Passing (5 Att)AttCmpPctYdsTDRateRich Gannon51530459.038402486.5Bobby Hoying5240.010047.9Interceptions: Gannon 14.Top ReceiversNoYdsAvgLongTDTim Brown90134414.9476Jon Ritchie454089.120-…

Brewer's: Picrochole

King of Lerne. A Greek compound, meaning “bitterbile,” or choleric. The rustics of Utopia one day asked the cake-bakers of Lerne to sell them some cakes, but received only abuse; whereupon…

Lefebvre, Georges

(Encyclopedia) Lefebvre, GeorgesLefebvre, Georgeszhôrzh [key]Lefebvre, Georges ləfĕˈvrə [key], 1874–1959, French historian, an authority on the French Revolutionary period. From 1937 to 1945 he held…

Lacordaire, Jean Baptiste Henri

(Encyclopedia) Lacordaire, Jean Baptiste HenriLacordaire, Jean Baptiste HenrizhäN bätēstˈ äNrēˈ läkôrdĕrˈ [key], 1802–61, French Roman Catholic preacher and liberal. Ordained in 1827, he came under…

Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile

(Encyclopedia) Arc de Triomphe de l'ÉtoileArc de Triomphe de l'Étoileärk də trēôNfˈ də lātwälˈ [key], imposing triumphal arch in Paris standing on an elevation at the end of the Avenue des Champs…

Chesterton, G. K.

(Encyclopedia) Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith Chesterton), 1874–1936, English author. Conservative, even reactionary, in his thinking, Chesterton was a convert (1922) to Roman Catholicism and its…

Bayonne, town, France

(Encyclopedia) Bayonne Bayonne bäyônˈ [key], town, Pyrénées-Atlantiques dept., SW France, in…

Turnverein

(Encyclopedia) TurnvereinTurnvereint&oobreve;rnˈfərīn [key], society of a type originated in Prussia by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. The first hall of such a society was built in 1811 on the Hasenheide…