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Judith

(Encyclopedia) Judith [Heb.,=Jewess], early Jewish book included in the Septuagint, but not included in the Hebrew Bible, and placed in the Apocrypha of Protestant Bibles. It recounts an attack on…

Fonseca, Juan Rodríguez de

(Encyclopedia) Fonseca, Juan Rodríguez deFonseca, Juan Rodríguez dehwän rōdrēˈgāth dā fōnsāˈkä [key], 1451–1524, Spanish prelate. Chaplain to Isabella and Ferdinand, he was bishop successively of…

Rodriguez

(Encyclopedia) Rodriguez or RodriguesRodriguezrōdrēˈgəs [key], island (1996 est. pop. 34,883), 42 sq mi (109 sq km), in the Indian Ocean, c.350 mi (560 km) E of Mauritius, of which it is a dependency…

Larreta, Enrique Rodríguez

(Encyclopedia) Larreta, Enrique RodríguezLarreta, Enrique Rodríguezānrēˈkā rôᵺrēˈgāth lärrāˈtä [key], 1875–1961, Argentine novelist. Larreta lived for many years in Spain and France. His fame rests…

Rodriguez, Alex

(Encyclopedia) Rodriguez, Alex (Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez)Rodriguez, Alexrōdrēˈgəs [key], 1975–, American baseball player, b. New York City. Drafted (1993) out of high school by the Seattle…

Alfredo Rodriguez

Cuba LindaHannibal/Root Jazz The 16-piece Cubanismo! group is a hit by world-music standards, but the unassuming hero of the band is pianist Alfredo Rodriguez. He fled Castro's island in 1960…

Alex Rodriguez

Name at birth: Alexander Emmanuel RodriguezSuperstar shortstop Alex Rodriguez is the baseball star whose on-field prowess with the bat was overshadowed by his brushes with performance-enhancing drugs…

Maggie Rodriguez

Maggie Rodriguez has been an anchor on the CBS morning program The Early Show since 2007. The daughter of Cuban refugees, Rodriguez graduated from the University of Miami in 1991 with a degree in…