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social science

(Encyclopedia) social science, term for any or all of the branches of study that deal with humans in their social relations. Often these studies are referred to in the plural as the social sciences.…

stratigraphy

(Encyclopedia) stratigraphy, branch of geology specifically concerned with the arrangement of layered rocks (see stratification). Stratigraphy is based on the law of superposition, which states that…

Dale Evans Biography

Dale Evansborn Lucille Wood Smith but raised as Frances Octavia Smithsinger, actressBorn: 10/31/1912Birthplace: Uvalde, Tex actress, songwriter, and writer who starred with her husband, Roy Rogers,…

Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess

(Encyclopedia) Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess, 1760–1842, British colonial administrator; brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington. He became earl of Mornington on his…

Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer

(Encyclopedia) Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer, 1849–95, English statesman; son of the 7th duke of Marlborough. A sincere Tory and a founder (1883) of the Primrose League, dedicated to…

Amores Perros

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Writer: Guillermo Arriaga Lions Gate Films; R; 153 minutes Release: 4/01 Cast: Goya Toledo, Emilio Echevarria, Gael Garcia Bernal A…