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Matthias Corvinus

(Encyclopedia) Matthias CorvinusMatthias Corvinuskôrvīˈnəs [key], 1443?–1490, king of Hungary (1458–90) and Bohemia (1478–90), second son of John Hunyadi. He was elected king of Hungary on the death…

Otto IV, Holy Roman emperor

(Encyclopedia) Otto IV, 1175?–1218, Holy Roman emperor (1209–15) and German king, son of Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony. He was brought up at the court of his uncle King Richard I of England, who…

Taft-Hartley Labor Act

(Encyclopedia) Taft-Hartley Labor Act, 1947, passed by the U.S. Congress, officially known as the Labor-Management Relations Act. Sponsored by Senator Robert Alphonso Taft and Representative Fred…

Our Foreign Correspondent

Our Foreign CorrespondentLondonDearest People, Here I really sit at a front window of the Bath Hotel, Piccadilly. It's not a fashionable place, but Uncle stopped here years ago, and won't go…

1995 College Basketball Consensus All-Americans

(In alphabetical order)First TeamEd O'Bannon, UCLAShawn Respert, Michigan St.Joe Smith, MarylandDamon Stoudamire, ArizonaJerry Stackhouse, North CarolinaSecond TeamRandolph Childress, Wake…

Wasteland

ABCThursday 9:00–10:00 p.m.; canceled Cast:Marisa Coughlin, Brad Rowe, Rebecca Gay Heart, Sasha Alexander, Dan Montgomery, and Jeffey D. Sams Kevin Williamson, the mastermind behind the…