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Maundy Thursday
(Encyclopedia) Maundy ThursdayMaundy Thursdaymônˈdē [key] [Lat. mandatum, word in the ceremony], traditional English name for Thursday of Holy Week, so named because it is considered the anniversary…Martin, William McChesney, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Martin, William McChesney, Jr., 1906–98, U.S. banker, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (1951–70), b. St. Louis. After an early career as a stockbroker,…Mitchell, Wesley Clair
(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, Wesley Clair, 1874–1948, American economist, b. Rushville, Ill. He received his Ph.D. (1899) from the Univ. of Chicago, where he studied under Thorstein Veblen and John Dewey…parimutuel betting
(Encyclopedia) parimutuel bettingparimutuel bettingpărˌĭmy&oomacr;ˈty&oomacr;ĕl [key], system of cooperative wagering invented (c.1870) in France by Pierre Oller. According to the system, the…Crabbe, George
(Encyclopedia) Crabbe, George, 1754–1832, English poet, b. Aldeburgh, Suffolk. After practicing medicine for a short time, he went to London in 1780, hoping to earn money by his writing. He was…devaluation
(Encyclopedia) devaluation, decreasing the value of one nation's currency relative to gold or the currencies of other nations. It is usually undertaken as a means of correcting a deficit in the…Cahors
(Encyclopedia) Cahors Cahors käôrˈ [key], town, capital of Lot dept., S central France, in Quercy, on the Lot…airmail
(Encyclopedia) airmail, transport of mail by airplanes. Demonstration flights that showed the feasibility of carrying mail by air were made in Great Britain and in the United States in 1911. In the…Besant, Sir Walter
(Encyclopedia) Besant, Sir WalterBesant, Sir Walterbĭzăntˈ [key], 1836–1901, English novelist and humanitarian, grad. Christ's College, Cambridge, 1859. He taught at the Royal College of Mauritius…Bishops' Wars
(Encyclopedia) Bishops' Wars, two brief campaigns (1639 and 1640) of the Scots against Charles I of England. When Charles attempted to strengthen episcopacy in Scotland by imposing (1637) the English…Trending
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