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Casket Letters

(Encyclopedia)Casket Letters: see Mary Queen of Scots. ...

Special Olympics

(Encyclopedia)Special Olympics: see Shriver, Eunice Mary Kennedy. ...

Evans, Mary Ann

(Encyclopedia)Evans, Mary Ann or Marian: see Eliot, George. ...

Glorious Revolution

(Encyclopedia)Glorious Revolution, in English history, the events of 1688–89 that resulted in the deposition of James II and the accession of William III and Mary II to the English throne. It is also called the B...

Graham, Philip Leslie

(Encyclopedia)Graham, Philip Leslie, 1915–63, American publisher, b. S.Dak. After editing the Harvard Law Review, he served as a law clerk to his mentor, Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. In 1940 he marrie...

Fonda, Henry

(Encyclopedia)Fonda, Henry, 1905–83, American actor, b. Grand Island, Nebr. He had considerable stage experience, appearing in such plays as Mr. Roberts (1948), The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1958), and Two for ...
 

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