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Cambacérès, Jean Jacques Régis de

(Encyclopedia) Cambacérès, Jean Jacques Régis deCambacérès, Jean Jacques Régis dezhäN zhäk rāzhēsˈ də käNbäsārĕsˈ [key], 1753–1824, French revolutionary and legislator. He was deputy to the National…

Serrano Súñer, Ramón

(Encyclopedia) Serrano Súñer, RamónSerrano Súñer, Ramónrämōnˈ sĕräˈnō s&oomacr;nyĕrˈ [key], 1901–2003, Spanish politician. A conservative member of the Cortes (1933–36), he joined his brother-in-…

Phocis

(Encyclopedia) PhocisPhocisfōˈsĭs [key], ancient region of central Greece. It included Delphi, Mt. Parnassus, and Elatea; Boeotia (now Voiotía) was on the east, and the Gulf of Corinth was on the…

Batlle y Ordóñez, José

(Encyclopedia) Batlle y Ordóñez, JoséBatlle y Ordóñez, Joséhōsāˈ bätˈyāˈ ē ôrdōˈnyās [key], 1856–1929, president of Uruguay (1903–7, 1911–15). A journalist and the head of the Colorado party, Batlle…

Saionji, Kimmochi, Prince

(Encyclopedia) Saionji, Kimmochi, PrinceSaionji, Kimmochi, Princekēmōˈchē sīōnˈjē [key], 1850–1940, Japanese statesman. He took part in the Meiji restoration, then spent 10 years in France, absorbing…

Quill, Michael Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Quill, Michael Joseph, 1905–66, American labor leader, b. Co. Kerry, Ireland. Quill was active (1919–23) in the movement for Irish independence before emigrating (1926) to the United…

Rakhmon, Emomali

(Encyclopedia) Rakhmon, Emomali, 1952–, Tajik political leader. His surname was Rahkmonov until 2007, when he called for Tajiks to revive their traditions and derussify their names. Rakhmon was the…

Oxnam, Garfield Bromley

(Encyclopedia) Oxnam, Garfield BromleyOxnam, Garfield Bromleyŏkˈsnăm, –snəm [key], 1891–1963, American Methodist bishop, b. Sonora, Calif., grad. Univ. of Southern California (B.A., 1913) and Boston…

Rogers, Lindsay

(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Lindsay, 1891–1970, American political scientist, b. Baltimore, grad. Johns Hopkins (B.A., 1912; Ph.D., 1915). He was (1914–15) a fellow in political science at Johns Hopkins…

liturgy, Christian

(Encyclopedia) liturgy, Christian [Gr. leitourgia = public duty or worship] form of public worship, particularly the form of rite or services prescribed by the various Christian churches. In the…