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Milligan, ex parte
(Encyclopedia) Milligan, ex parte, case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1866. By authorization of Congress, President Lincoln in 1863 suspended the writ of habeas corpus in cases where military…Kerensky, Aleksandr Feodorovich
(Encyclopedia) Kerensky, Aleksandr FeodorovichKerensky, Aleksandr Feodorovichkərĕnˈskē, Rus. əlyĭksänˈdər fyôˈdərəvĭch kâˈrĭnskē [key], 1881–1970, Russian revolutionary. A lawyer, he was elected to…Clinton, George, vice president of the United States
(Encyclopedia) Clinton, George, 1739–1812, American statesman, vice president of the United States (1805–1812), b. Little Britain, N.Y. Before he was 20 he served on a privateer and, in the French…Oceanic art
(Encyclopedia) Oceanic art, works produced by the island peoples of the S and NW Pacific, including Melanesia (New Guinea and the islands to its north and east), Micronesia (Mariana, Caroline,…Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia) Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth, 1917–2000, American poet, b. Topeka, Kans. She grew up in the slums of Chicago and lived in that city until her death. Brooks's poems, technically…Church of the Nazarene
(Encyclopedia) Church of the NazareneChurch of the Nazarenenăzˌərēnˈ [key], U.S. Protestant denomination established in 1908 through the union of the Church of the Nazarene, based in California; the…Lucian
(Encyclopedia) LucianLucianl&oomacr;ˈshən [key], b. c.120, d. after 180, Greek writer, also called Lucianus, b. Samosata, Syria. In late life he held a government position in Egypt. Lucian wrote…Bradlaugh, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Bradlaugh, CharlesBradlaugh, Charlesbrădˈlô [key], 1833–91, British social reformer, a secularist. Editor of the free-thinking weekly National Reformer from 1860 and later associated…sharecropping
(Encyclopedia) sharecropping, an agricultural system in which a landowner allows a tenant to use their land in return for a share of the crop produced…Internet, the
(Encyclopedia) Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations,…Trending
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