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Dorticós Torrado, Osvaldo
(Encyclopedia) Dorticós Torrado, OsvaldoDorticós Torrado, Osvaldoōsvälˈdō dōrtēkōsˈ tōr-räˈᵺō [key], 1919–83, president of Cuba (1959–76). A prosperous lawyer, he participated in Fidel Castro's…Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron Erskine
(Encyclopedia) Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron Erskine, 1750–1823, British jurist, b. Edinburgh. He was admitted to the bar in 1778. His eloquence and forensic skill won Erskine an enormous practice,…family leave
(Encyclopedia) family leave, social policy permitting workers to take a specified amount of time off from the job to attend to pressing family needs. The U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act (1993)…Greenpeace
(Encyclopedia) Greenpeace, international organization that promotes environmental awareness and addresses environmental abuse through direct, nonviolent confrontations with governments and companies…Bellomont, Richard Coote, earl of
(Encyclopedia) Bellomont, Richard Coote, earl ofBellomont, Richard Coote, earl ofbĕlˈəmŏntˌ [key], 1636–1701, colonial governor of New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, b. Ireland. He arrived (…Campomanes, Pedro Rodríguez de, conde de Campomanes
(Encyclopedia) Campomanes, Pedro Rodríguez de, conde de CampomanesCampomanes, Pedro Rodríguez de, conde de Campomanespāˈᵺrō rôᵺrēˈgāth kōnˈdā dā kämpōmäˈnās [key], 1723–1802, Spanish statesman,…Wallon, Henri Alexandre
(Encyclopedia) Wallon, Henri AlexandreWallon, Henri AlexandreäNrēˈ älĕksäNˈdrə välôNˈ [key], 1812–1904, French historian and politician. He was elected (1871) to the national assembly, and it was his…Mendoza, Antonio de
(Encyclopedia) Mendoza, Antonio deMendoza, Antonio deäntōˈnyō dā māndōˈthä [key], 1490?–1552, Spanish administrator, first viceroy of New Spain (1535–50) and viceroy of Peru (1551–52). Of noble…quarantine
(Encyclopedia) quarantinequarantinekwŏrˈəntēn [key], isolation of persons, animals, places, and effects that carry or are suspected of harboring communicable disease. The term originally referred to…Gunpowder Plot
(Encyclopedia) Gunpowder Plot, conspiracy to blow up the English Parliament and King James I on Nov. 5, 1605, the day set for the king to open Parliament. It was intended to be the beginning of a…Trending
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