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Belloc, Hilaire
(Encyclopedia) Belloc, Hilaire (Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc)Belloc, Hilairebĕlˈŏk [key], 1870–1953, English author, b. France. He became a British subject in 1902, and from 1906 to 1910 was a…Sanhedrin
(Encyclopedia) SanhedrinSanhedrinsănhĕdˈrĭn [key], ancient Jewish legal and religious institution in Jerusalem that appears to have exercised the functions of a court between c.63 b.c. and c.a.d. 68…Navarrete, Martín Fernández de
(Encyclopedia) Navarrete, Martín Fernández deNavarrete, Martín Fernández demärtēnˈ fārnänˈdĕth dā [key]Navarrete, Martín Fernández de nävärāˈtā [key], 1765–1844, Spanish historian and hydrographer.…Riego y Nuñez, Rafael del
(Encyclopedia) Riego y Nuñez, Rafael delRiego y Nuñez, Rafael delräfäĕlˈ dĕl rēāˈgō ē n&oomacr;ˈnyāth [key], 1785–1823, Spanish general and revolutionary. Taken captive (1808) by the French…Brewer's: Argantes
(3 syl.). A Circassian of high rank and matchless courage, but fierce to brutality, and an ultra-despiser of the sect of the Nazarenes. He was sent as an ambassador from Egypt to King…Brewer's: Stimulants of Great Men
BONAPARTE took snuff when he wished to stimulate his intellect, or when he was greatly annoyed. BRAHAM (the singer) drank bottled porter. The REV, WILLIAM BULL, the Nonconformist, was an…Broglie
(Encyclopedia) BroglieBrogliebrôˈyə, brôglēˈ [key], French noble family of Piedmontese origin, who settled in France in the 17th cent. Victor Maurice, comte de Broglie, 1647–1727, was marshal of…Amsterdam, city, Netherlands
(Encyclopedia) Amsterdam Amsterdam ămˈstərdămˌ, Dutch ämstərdämˈ [key], city (2021 pop. 1,157,519), constitutional capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the…1998 World Cup Wrap-up
by Gerry Brown Vive la France! The headlines scream that the French toasted Brazil 3-0 in a tremendous upset in the World Cup championship. But if you look a little closer, the upset wasn't quite…Cinco de Mayo
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