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Joseph SIMON, Congress, OR (1851-1935)

Senate Years of Service: 1898-1903 Party: Republican SIMON Joseph , a Senator from Oregon; born in Bechtheim, Germany, February 7, 1851; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who…

Baltimore Ravens <span class="rm" >(4-0)</span>

PassingAttCmpPct.YdsTDRatingTrent Dilfer733547.9590383.7Tony Banks300.00039.6Interceptions: Dilfer 1.Top ReceiversNoYdsAvgLongTDQadry Ismail915016.7440Brandon Stokley79113.038-td1Shannon…

crow, in zoology

(Encyclopedia) crow, partially migratory black bird, genus Corvus, of the same family as the raven, the magpie, the jay, and the rook and the jackdaw of Europe. The American, or common, crow, C.…

sculpin

(Encyclopedia) sculpin, common name for a member of the superfamily Cottoidea, bizarre fishes with large, spiny or armored heads and short, tapering bodies, found in both marine and freshwater…

Wiesenthal, Simon

(Encyclopedia) Wiesenthal, SimonWiesenthal, Simonvēˈsĕntäl [key], 1908–2005, Austrian-Jewish Nazi hunter, b. Butschatsch, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Buchach, Ukraine). He received (1932) an…

Simnel, Lambert

(Encyclopedia) Simnel, LambertSimnel, Lambertsĭmˈnəl [key], c.1475–1525, imposter and pretender to the English throne. Little is known of his early life, but before 1486 he caught the attention of an…

Trujillo , town, Venezuela

(Encyclopedia) Trujillo, town (1990 pop. 33,241), capital of Trujillo state, W Venezuela. It is an agricultural market for the corn, sugarcane, cacao, and tobacco of outlying regions. Trujillo was…

Christian socialism

(Encyclopedia) Christian socialism, term used in Great Britain and the United States for a kind of socialism growing out of the clash between Christian ideals and the effects of competitive business…

Thompson , river, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Thompson, river, 304 mi (489 km) long, formed by the junction of the North Thompson and the South Thompson rivers at Kamloops, S British Columbia, and flowing W and S to the Fraser…

Docetism

(Encyclopedia) DocetismDocetismdōsētˈĭzəm [key] [Gr.,=to appear], early heretical trend in Christian thought. Docetists claimed that Christ was a mere phantasm who only seemed to live and suffer. A…