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Goldwater, Barry Morris

(Encyclopedia)Goldwater, Barry Morris, 1909–98, U.S. senator (1953–65, 1969–87), b. Phoenix, Ariz. He studied at the Univ. of Arizona, but left in 1929 to enter his family's department-store business. After n...

wallpaper

(Encyclopedia)wallpaper was used in Europe in the 16th and 17th cent. as an inexpensive substitute for costly hangings. The French developed marbled papers, introduced from the East via Italy and used at first for ...

Cœur de Lion

(Encyclopedia)Cœur de Lion: see Richard I, king of England. ...

Talbot, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Talbot, Richard: see Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, duke and earl of. ...

Beauchamp, Richard de

(Encyclopedia)Beauchamp, Richard de: see Warwick, Richard de Beauchamp, earl of. ...

Strongbow, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Strongbow, Richard: see Pembroke, Richard de Clare, 2d earl of. ...
 

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