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Oviedo
(Encyclopedia) OviedoOviedoōvyāˈᵺō [key], city (1990 pop. 194,637), capital of Asturias and of the coextensive Oviedo prov., NW Spain, near the mining district of the Cantabrian Mts. Oviedo has long…Guadalupe Victoria
(Encyclopedia) Guadalupe VictoriaGuadalupe Victoriagwäᵺäl&oomacr;ˈpā vēktōrˈyä [key], 1786?–1843, Mexican general, first president of Mexico (1824–29), whose original name was Manuel Félix…Wilczek, Frank Anthony
(Encyclopedia) Wilczek, Frank Anthony, 1951–, American physicist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Princeton, 1974. Wilczek was a professor at Princeton (1974–80, 1989–2000) and at the Univ. of California,…Zumárraga, Juan de
(Encyclopedia) Zumárraga, Juan deZumárraga, Juan dehwän dā th&oomacr;mäˈrägä [key], 1468–1548, Spanish churchman, first bishop of Mexico, a Franciscan. Going to Mexico in 1528, he became…Mexican War
(Encyclopedia) Mexican War, 1846–48, armed conflict between the United States and Mexico. The United States had won an easy victory, partly because Mexico, torn by civil strife, could not present…Punctuation: The Comma: A Major Player
The Comma: A Major PlayerPunctuationPunctuation MattersPeriod, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark: The End of the LineThe Comma: A Major PlayerThe Semicolon: Love Child of the Comma and the PeriodThe…Brutus XIII
Brutus XIII14 February 1788by Brutus(Continued from last Thursday's paper.)This same manner of explaining the constitution, will fix a meaning, and a very important one too, to the 12th [18th…Federal Farmer IV
Federal Farmer IV12 October 1787by The Federal FarmerDear Sir,It will not be possible to establish in the federal courts the jury trial of the vicinage so well as in the state courts.Third.…Houston, Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Houston, Samuel, 1793–1863, American frontier hero and statesman of Texas, b. near Lexington, Va. In 1836 Houston was elected the first president of the new Republic of Texas. The…Juárez, Benito
(Encyclopedia) Juárez, BenitoJuárez, Benitobānēˈtō hwäˈrās [key], 1806–72, Mexican liberal statesman and national hero. Revered by Mexicans as one of their greatest political figures, Juárez, with…Trending
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