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(Encyclopedia) ProclusProclusprōˈkləs [key], 410?–485, Neoplatonic philosopher, b. Constantinople. He studied at Alexandria and at Athens, where he was a pupil of the Platonist Syrianus, whom he…parallel processing
(Encyclopedia) parallel processing, the concurrent or simultaneous execution of two or more parts of a single computer program, at speeds far exceeding those of a conventional computer. Parallel…Fields, W. C.
(Encyclopedia) Fields, W. C. (William Claude Fields), 1880–1946, American comic actor, b. Philadelphia as Claude William Dukenfield. He began his career as a juggler, and much later appeared in the…Carlotta
(Encyclopedia) Carlotta, Span. CarlotaCarlotta,kärlōˈtä [key], 1840–1927, empress of Mexico, daughter of Leopold I of Belgium, christened Marie Charlotte Amélie. She married (1857) Maximilian,…Treisman, Anne
(Encyclopedia) Treisman, Anne, 1935–2018, British cognitive psychologist, b. Anne Marie Taylor, Ph.D. Oxford, 1962. She taught at Oxford from 1968, the Univ. of British Columbia from 1978, Univ. of…Randy Johnson Biography
Randy JohnsonBorn: Sept. 10, 1963Baseball LHP 6’10’’ flamethrower; struck out over 300 batters 6 times (1993,98,99,00,01,02); led AL in Ks 4 times (1992-95) and NL 5 times (1999-2002,04);…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: Zachary Taylor
James Knox Polk Franklin Pierce Zachary Taylor Inaugural Address Monday, March 5, 1849 ELECTED by the American people to the highest office known to our laws, I appear here to take the…William Taylor BARRY, Congress, KY (1784-1835)
Senate Years of Service: 1815-1816 Party: Democratic Republican BARRY William Taylor , a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born near Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Va., February 5, 1784;…John Taylor BIRD, Congress, NJ (1829-1911)
BIRD John Taylor , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Bloomsbury, Hunterdon County, N.J., August 16, 1829; attended the public schools, and a classical academy at Hackettstown, N.J.;…Benjamin Taylor CABLE, Congress, IL (1853-1923)
CABLE Benjamin Taylor , a Representative from Illinois; born in Georgetown, Scott County, Ky., August 11, 1853; moved with his parents to Rock Island, Ill., in September 1856; attended the public…Trending
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