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Wigglesworth, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Wigglesworth, Michael, 1631–1705, American clergyman and poet, b. England, grad. Harvard, 1651. His family emigrated to New England in 1638. A devoted minister at Malden, Mass., he…

Walzer, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Walzer, Michael, 1935–, American political philosopher, b. New York City, attended Brandeis Univ. (B.A., 1956), Cambridge (1956–57), and Harvard (Ph.D., 1961). A prominent liberal…

1979–1980 Obie Awards

PlaywritingLee Breuer, A Prelude to Death in VeniceChristopher Durang, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for YouRomulus Linney, TennesseeRoland Muldoon, Full Confessions of a SocialistJeff…

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John NaberBronko NagurskiJames NaismithJoe NamathIlie NastaseMartina NavratilovaCosmas NdetiEarle (Greasy) NealePrimo NebioloByron NelsonLindsey NelsonErnie NeversPaula Newby-FraserJohn…

O'Connor, Frank

(Encyclopedia) O'Connor, Frank, 1903–66, Irish short-story writer, whose name originally was Michael O'Donovan. He was a librarian in Dublin and later a director of the Abbey Theatre (1936–39). O'…

Zeitz

(Encyclopedia) ZeitzZeitztsīts [key], city (1994 pop. 37,461), Saxony-Anhalt, E central Germany, on the White Elster River. Manufactures include machinery, chocolate, sugar, and textiles. Of note in…

Ignatius of Constantinople, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Ignatius of Constantinople, Saint, c.800–877, Greek churchman, patriarch of Constantinople. A son of Byzantine Emperor Michael I, he was castrated and shut up in a monastery (813) by…

Miloš, prince of Serbia

(Encyclopedia) Miloš or Milosh (Miloš Obrenović)Milošboth: mĭˈlôsh ōbrĕˈnəvĭch [key], 1780–1860, prince of Serbia (1817–39, 1858–60), founder of the Obrenović dynasty and of modern Serbia. An…