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Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3d Viscount

(Encyclopedia) Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3d Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman. His viscountcy, to which he succeeded in 1802, was in the Irish peerage and therefore did not prevent him from…

cuneiform

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Examples of the development of cuneiform cuneiformcuneiformky&oomacr;nēˈĭfôrm [key] [Lat.,=wedge-shaped], system of writing developed before the last centuries of the 4th…

Clark, George Rogers

(Encyclopedia) Clark, George Rogers, 1752–1818, American Revolutionary general, conqueror of the Old Northwest, b. near Charlottesville, Va.; brother of William Clark. A surveyor, he was interested…

Franks

(Encyclopedia) Franks, group of Germanic tribes. By the 3d cent. a.d., they were settled along the lower and middle Rhine. The two major divisions were the Salian Franks in the north and the…

Fatimid

(Encyclopedia) FatimidFatimidfătˈĭmĭd [key] or FatimiteFatimid–ĭmīt [key], dynasty claiming to hold the caliphate on the basis of descent from Fatima, a daughter of Muhammad the Prophet. In doctrine…

Campbell, Scottish noble family

(Encyclopedia) CampbellCampbellkămˈbəl [key], Scottish noble family, the head of which is the duke of Argyll. The Campbells of Lochow (Lochawe) rose to power in W Scotland in the later Middle Ages.…

translation

(Encyclopedia) translation [Lat.,=carrying across], the rendering of a text into another language. Applied to literature, the term connotes the art of recomposing a work in another language without…

Team Statistics

Friday, Jan. 2, 1998 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Fla.#3 Tennessee (SEC)0368—17#2 Nebraska (Big 12)77217—421st; 13:50; Nebraska— Ahman Green 1-yd run (Kris Brown kick). 8 plays, 78 yards…

U.S. Opera Companies

American Musical Theatre of San Jose: Stewart Slater, pres.1717 Technology DriveSan Jose, Calif. 95110–1305(408) 453–7100Arizona Opera Company: Joel Revzen, art. dir.3501 N. Mountain Ave.…

Texas Rodeo History

Top of Page Source: iStockRodeo— not only is this a competitive sport with incredibly talented riders and trainers, but it's also a thrilling whirlwind of high-stakes maneuvers that keep spectators…