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Schiff, Adam Bennett

(Encyclopedia) Schiff, Adam Bennett, 1960- , American politician, b. Framingham, Ma., Stanford Univ. (B.A., 1982), Harvard Law School (J.D., 1985…

parent education

(Encyclopedia) parent education, movement to help parents' understanding of the problems of children at home and in the school. Much parent education is carried on through the channels of adult…

Oswald, Lee Harvey

(Encyclopedia) Oswald, Lee Harvey, 1939–63, presumed assassin of John F. Kennedy, b. New Orleans. Oswald spent most of his boyhood in Fort Worth, Tex. Later, he attended a Dallas high school, and…

Gestalt

(Encyclopedia) GestaltGestaltgəshtältˈ [key] [Ger.,=form], school of psychology that interprets phenomena as organized wholes rather than as aggregates of distinct parts, maintaining that the whole…

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader

(Encyclopedia) Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933–2020, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1993–2020), b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Joan Ruth Bader. A graduate (1954) of Cornell, she attended Harvard Law…

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

(Encyclopedia) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in central Manhattan, New York City, between 62d and 66th streets W of Broadway. Lincoln Center is both a complex of buildings and the arts…

Abildgaard, Nikolaj Abraham

(Encyclopedia) Abildgaard, Nikolaj AbrahamAbildgaard, Nikolaj Abrahamnĭkōlīˈ äˈbēlgôrd [key], 1743–1809, Danish painter of the neoclassical school. He was a student of Eckersberg. Among his own…

Glenalmond

(Encyclopedia) GlenalmondGlenalmondglĕnäˈmənd [key], valley of the Almond River, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland, N of Crieff. A huge flat stone marks the traditional grave of Ossian, the…

Hamilton College

(Encyclopedia) Hamilton College, at Clinton, N.Y.; coeducational; founded 1793 by Samuel Kirkland as Hamilton-Oneida Academy, chartered 1812 as Hamilton College. It was named for Alexander Hamilton.…

Houghton, William Stanley

(Encyclopedia) Houghton, William Stanley, 1881–1913, English dramatist. He was (1907–12) a critic for the Manchester Guardian. His plays, greatly influenced by Ibsen, include The Dear Departed (1908…