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Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke, 1st ViscountAlanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscountălˈənbr&oobreve;kˌ [key], 1883–1963, British general. He entered the field artillery in…K2
(Encyclopedia) K2 or Mount Godwin-Austen, peak, 28,251 ft (8,611 m) high, in the Karakorum range, N Kashmir, on the China-Pakistan border; second highest peak in the world. It was discovered and…Boisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant, sieur de
(Encyclopedia) Boisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant, sieur deBoisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant, sieur depyĕr lə pəzäNˈ syör də bwägēlbĕrˈ [key], 1646–1714, French economist. A local official of Rouen after…Zephaniah, book of the Bible
(Encyclopedia) ZephaniahZephaniahzĕfˌənīˈə [key], prophetic book of the Bible. The prophet, who lived in the reign (c.640–609 b.c.) of King Josiah of Judah, traces his genealogy to King Hezekiah.…Sharp, Phillip Allen
(Encyclopedia) Sharp, Phillip Allen, 1944–, American geneticist, b. Falmouth, Ky., Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois, 1969. Sharp joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974, where…night blindness
(Encyclopedia) night blindness, inability to see normally in subdued light. It is usually a result of vitamin A deficiency. The rod cells, one of two light-sensitive areas of the retina of the eye,…Targum
(Encyclopedia) TargumTargumtärˈgəm [key] [Aramaic,=translation], Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Bible. When Aramaic replaced the Hebrew tongue among the Jews of Palestine and Babylon, interpreters…scribe
(Encyclopedia) scribescribeskrīb [key], Jewish scholar and teacher (called in Hebrew, Soferim) of law as based upon the Old Testament and accumulated traditions. The work of the scribes laid the…genealogy
(Encyclopedia) genealogygenealogyjēˌnēŏlˈəjē, –ălˈ–, jĕ– [key], the study of family lineage. Genealogies have existed since ancient times. Family lineage was originally transmitted through oral…1973 College Basketball NIT Tournament (16 teams)
All games at Madison Square Garden, New YorkFirst RoundNotre Dame 69, Southern Cal 65Louisville 97, American 84North Carolina 82, Oral Roberts 65Massachusetts 78, Missouri 71Fairfield 80,…Trending
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