Search

Search results

Displaying 251 - 260

Giving Pledge Participants

The United States is home to roughly 40% of the world's billionaires. About 10% of America's richest citizens have committed to participate in the Giving Pledge and donate…

How Do We Know About Ancient History?

Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated on March 15th, 44 BCE by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, and many other conspirators. Historians agree on the names of the key people involved,…

Home Run Derby for Baseball's 2001 Season

Results of the All-Star Home Run Derby at Safeco Field, Seattle, Wash. on July 9. First Round   No. Long (feet) Jason Giambi, Oakland 14 460 Barry Bonds, San Francisco 7…

Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of, 1593–1641, English statesman. Regularly elected to Parliament from 1614 on, he became one of the critics of George Villiers, 1st duke of…

Illyria and Illyricum

(Encyclopedia) IllyriaIllyriaĭlĭrˈēə [key] and IllyricumIllyricumĭlĭrˈĭkəm [key], ancient region of the Balkan Peninsula. In prehistoric times a group of tribes speaking dialects of an Indo-European…

Outstanding Jockey

Outstanding JockeyYear 1971 Laffit Pincay Jr.1972 Braulio Baeza1973 Laffit Pincay Jr.1974 Laffit Pincay Jr.1975 Braulio Baeza1976 Sandy Hawley1977 Steve Cauthen1978 Darrel McHargue1979…

Introduction to the Second Volume

Introduction to the Second Volume THIS second volume completes the translation of the principal Upanishads to which Sankara appeals in his great commentary on the Vedânta-Sûtras[109],…