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Tory, Geofroy

(Encyclopedia) Tory, GeofroyTory, Geofroyzhôfrwäˈ tôrēˈ [key], c.1480–1533, Parisian printer, typographer, and author, b. Bourges. After study in Italy, he won distinction as a professor in Paris and…

Isaiah: 6

Isaiah Chapter 6 1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphims…

The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto XXII

Purgatorio: Canto XXIPurgatorio: Canto XXIIIPurgatorio: Canto XXII Already was the Angel left behind us, The Angel who to the sixth round had turned us, Having erased one mark from off…

Fifty States and Fifty Fun Facts

StateHome ofAlabama George Washington Carver, who discovered more than 300 uses for peanutsAlaska The longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states…

Brewer's: Razor

Hewmg blocks with a razor. Livy relates how Tarquinius Priscus, defying the power of Attus Navius, the augur, said to him, “Tell me, if you are so wise, whether I can do what I am now…

27th Annual American Music Awards

The winners of the 27th Annual American Music Awards were announced January 17, 2000.POP/ROCKFavorite Male ArtistWill SmithFavorite Female ArtistShania TwainFavorite Band, Duo or…

Matthew, Gospel according to

(Encyclopedia) Matthew, Gospel according to, 1st book of the New Testament. Scholars conjecture that it was written for the church at Antioch toward the end of the 1st cent. Traditonally regarded as…

Marcuse, Herbert

(Encyclopedia) Marcuse, HerbertMarcuse, Herbertmärk&oomacr;ˈzə [key], 1898–1979, U.S. political philosopher, b. Berlin. He was educated at the Univ. of Freiburg and with Theodore Adorno and Max…

McCormick, Robert Sanderson

(Encyclopedia) McCormick, Robert Sanderson, 1849–1919, American diplomat, b. Rockbridge co., Va.; nephew of Cyrus Hall McCormick. President McKinley appointed (1901) him minister to Austria-Hungary.…