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Masters, Edgar Lee

(Encyclopedia) Masters, Edgar Lee, 1869–1950, American poet and biographer, b. Garnett, Kans. He maintained a successful law practice in Chicago from 1892 to 1920. Masters's Spoon River Anthology (…

Hamm, city, Germany

(Encyclopedia) Hamm Hamm häm [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Lippe River…

Gruenther, Alfred Maximilian

(Encyclopedia) Gruenther, Alfred Maximilian, 1899–1983, U.S. general, b. Platte Center, Nebr. A brilliant staff officer, during World War II he was deputy chief of staff to Dwight D. Eisenhower in…

Canby, Henry Seidel

(Encyclopedia) Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878–1961, American editor and critic, b. Wilmington, Del., grad. Yale, 1899. He taught at Yale for over 20 years, achieving professorial rank in 1922. He…

Tawadros II

(Encyclopedia) Tawadros II, 1963–, pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church (see Copts), 2012–; successor of Shenouda III. Born Wagih Sobhy Baky Soliman, he studied pharmacy at Alexandria Univ. (grad. 1975…

Warner, Charles Dudley

(Encyclopedia) Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829–1900, American editor and author, b. Plainfield, Mass., grad. Hamilton College, 1851, LL.B. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1858. After practicing law in Chicago,…

Gospel

(Encyclopedia) Gospel [M.E.,=good news; evangel from Gr.,= good news], a written account of the life of Jesus. Though the Gospels of the New Testament are all anonymous, since the 2d cent. they have…

Peabody, Josephine Preston (Mrs. Lionel Marks)

Peabody, Josephine Preston (Mrs. Lionel Marks)[1874-1922](3)Born in New York City. Educated at the Girls' Latin School of Boston and at Radcliffe College. Miss Peabody was Instructor of…

NCAA Division I Single-Game Scoring Marks

Year PtsKevin Bradshaw, US Int'l vs. Loyola-CA 1991 72Pete Maravich, LSU vs. Alabama 1970 69Calvin Murphy, Niagara vs. Syracuse 1969 68Jay Handlan, Wash. & Lee vs. Furman 1951 66Pete…

Christian McBride/Nicholas Payton/Mark Whitfield

Fingerpaintings: The Music of Herbie HancockVerve Though many of Hancock's classic compositions were first popularized by quintets and sextets during the 1960s, this trio of jazz virtuosos…