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Trinity Bay

(Encyclopedia) Trinity Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 80 mi (129 km) long, SE Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, between the Avalon Peninsula and the mainland. With its small waterfront settlements, it…

Cyrus Vance 2002 Deaths

Cyrus VanceAge: 84 public official and lawyer who served under presidents Kennedy and Johnson as secretary of the army (1961–62), deputy secretary of defense (1964–67), and U.S. negotiator to…

Nabonidus

(Encyclopedia) NabonidusNabonidusnăbənīˈdəs [key], d. 538? b.c., last king of the Chaldaean dynasty of Babylonia. He was not of Nebuchadnezzar's family, and it is possible that he usurped the throne…

Tissaphernes

(Encyclopedia) TissaphernesTissaphernestĭsˌəfûrˈnēz [key], d. 395 b.c., Persian satrap of coastal Asia Minor (c.413–395 b.c.). He was encouraged by Alcibiades (412) to intervene in the Peloponnesian…

Celaenae

(Encyclopedia) CelaenaeCelaenaesĭlēˈnē [key], ancient city of Asia Minor, in Phrygia, near the source of the Maeander River, in present-day W central Turkey. In the days of the Persian Empire, Cyrus…

Sheshbazzar

(Encyclopedia) SheshbazzarSheshbazzarshĕshˌbăzˈär [key], in the Bible, exiled Jewish prince, later governor of a reestablished Jewish state centered in Jerusalem, commissioned (538 b.c.) by Cyrus to…

Cambyses

(Encyclopedia) CambysesCambyseskămbīˈsēz [key], two kings of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia. Cambyses I was king (c.600 b.c.) of Ansham, ruling as a vassal of Media. According to Herodotus he…

Presidents of the Continental Congresses

Name Elected Birth anddeath datesPeyton Randolph, Va. 9/5/1774 c.1721–1775Henry Middleton, S.C. 10/22/1774 1717–1784Peyton Randolph, Va. 5/10/1775 c.1721–1775John Hancock, Mass. 5/24/1775 1737–…

Grady, Henry Woodfin

(Encyclopedia) Grady, Henry Woodfin, 1850–89, American journalist and orator, b. Athens, Ga. In 1879 a gift from Cyrus W. Field enabled him to buy into the Atlanta Constitution. He gained fame with…

Cyrus CLINE, Congress, IN (1856-1923)

CLINE Cyrus , a Representative from Indiana; born near Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, July 12, 1856; moved to Steuben County, Ind., in 1858 with his parents, who settled near Angola; attended…