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Lystra

(Encyclopedia) LystraLystralĭsˈtrə [key], ancient city of Lycaonia, S Asia Minor, in present Turkey. The Acts of the Apostles reports that it was visited by Paul and Barnabas. An ancient altar found…

Carroll, Paul Vincent

(Encyclopedia) Carroll, Paul Vincent, 1900–1968, Irish playwright. His plays, vigorous commentaries on the conflicts of village life in Ireland, include Shadow and Substance (1937), The White Steed (…

Revere

(Encyclopedia) Revere, city (1990 pop. 42,786), Suffolk co., E Mass., a residential suburb of Boston, on Massachusetts Bay; settled c.1630, set off from Chelsea and named for Paul Revere 1871, inc.…

Debray, Jules Régis

(Encyclopedia) Debray, Jules RégisDebray, Jules Régiszhül rāzhēsˈ dəbrāˈ [key], 1940–, French journalist and government official. He went to Cuba, taught philosophy at the Univ. of Havana, and, after…

Farage, Nigel Paul

(Encyclopedia) Farage, Nigel PaulFarage, Nigel Paulfârˈäj [key], 1964–, British political leader. A commodities trader and long a Euroskeptic, he was a member of the Conservative party until 1992,…

Spaak, Paul Henri

(Encyclopedia) Spaak, Paul HenriSpaak, Paul Henripôl äNrēˈ späk [key], 1899–1972, Belgian statesman and Socialist leader. He held various cabinet posts after 1935 and served almost continually as…

Amplias

(Encyclopedia) AmpliasAmpliasămpˈlēəs [key] or AmpliatusAmpliatusămplēāˈtəs [key], Christian in Rome to whom Paul sent greetings in his Letter to the Romans.

Paul FEARING, Congress, OH (1762-1822)

FEARING Paul , a Delegate from the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio; born in Wareham, Plymouth County, Mass., February 28, 1762; prepared for college by tutors; was graduated from Harvard…

William Paul LUTHER, Congress, MN (1945)

LUTHER William Paul , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minn., June 27, 1945; graduated from Fergus Falls High School, Fergus Falls, Minn., 1963; B.S.,…

Joseph Paul KOLTER, Congress, PA (1926)

KOLTER Joseph Paul , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in McDonald, Ohio on September 3, 1926; graduated from New Brighton High School, New Brighton, Pa., 1944; B.S., Geneva College, Beaver…