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Berrigan brothers

(Encyclopedia) Berrigan brothersBerrigan brothersbĕrˈĭgən [key], American Catholic priests, writers, and social activists. Daniel Berrigan, 1921–2016, b. Syracuse, N.Y., was ordained in the Society…

Clark, Ramsey

(Encyclopedia) Clark, William Ramsey, 1927–2021, attorney general of the United States (1967–69), b. Dallas, Tex., Univ. of Texas-Austin (BA, 1949),…

hunger strike

(Encyclopedia) hunger strike, refusal to eat as a protest against existing conditions. Although most often used by prisoners, others have also employed it. For example, Mohandas Gandhi in India and…

Brewer's: Philip

Philip, remember thou art mortal. A sentence repeated to the Macedonian king every time he gave an audience. Philip sober. When a woman who asked Philip of Macedon to do her justice was…

Brewer's: Philips

(John);author of The Splendid Shilling, wrote a georgic on Order in blank verse - a serious poem modelled upon Miltes epics. Philips, Pomona's bard, the second thou Who nobly durst, in…

Philip Agee Biography

former CIA officerDied: January 7, 2008 (Havana, Cuba) Best Known as: a former CIA officer who turned against the agency A former CIA officer who turned…

Anton Philips Biography

Anton Philipselectronics manufacturerBorn: 1874Birthplace: The Netherlands Anton joined the light bulb business run by his brother Gerard in 1895; he began working as a salesperson and by…

Brewer's: Philip Nye

(in Hædibras). One of the assembly of Dissenting ministers, noted for his ugly beard. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Philip QuarlPhilip A B C D E F G…