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North, Oliver Laurence
(Encyclopedia) North, Oliver Laurence, 1943–, American military officer and broadcasting personality, b. San Antonio, Tex. Raised in Philmont, N.Y., he entered the U.S. Marines, graduated from…Obuchi, Keizo
(Encyclopedia) Obuchi, KeizoObuchi, Keizokāˈzō ōb&oomacr;ˈchē [key], 1937–2000, Japanese politician, prime minister of Japan (1998–2000), b. Nakanojo. The son of a silk manufacturer and…Odenathus, Septimius
(Encyclopedia) Odenathus, SeptimiusOdenathus, Septimiussĕptĭmˈēəs ŏdĭnāˈthəs [key], d. 267, king of Palmyra. His family (the Septimii) had dominated Palmyra for many years, and Odenathus by his…southern tick-associated rash illness
(Encyclopedia) southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) or Masters disease, illness characterized by a Lyme disease–like rash that is associated with bite from the Lone Star tick (Amblyomma…equine encephalitis
(Encyclopedia) equine encephalitisequine encephalitisēˈkwīn ĕnsĕfˌəlīˈtĭs [key], infectious disease of horses caused by any of several viruses, three of which—the Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan…Eshkol, Levi
(Encyclopedia) Eshkol, LeviEshkol, Levilāˈvē ĕshˈkôl [key], 1895–1969, Israeli statesman, third prime minister of Israel, b. Ukraine; originally named Levi Shkolnik. In World War I he served in the…Familists
(Encyclopedia) FamilistsFamilistsfămˈĭlĭsts [key], religious community founded in Friesland in the 16th cent. by Hendrik Niclaes. Niclaes, a merchant of Münster and originally a Roman Catholic,…Colonial National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia) Colonial National Historical Park, 9,350 acres (3,785 hectares), SE Va., mainly on the peninsula between the York and James rivers; created 1930 as Colonial National Monument, renamed…geologic timescale
(Encyclopedia) CE5 geologic timescale, a chronological scale of earth's history used to measure the relative or absolute age of any part of geologic time. Of the numerous timescales, the most…Gibbons v. Ogden
(Encyclopedia) Gibbons v. Ogden, case decided in 1824 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Aaron Ogden, the plaintiff, had purchased an interest in the monopoly to operate steamboats that New York state had…Trending
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