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Billy the Kid
(Encyclopedia) Billy the Kid, 1859–81, American outlaw, b. New York City. His real name was probably Henry McCarty; he was known as William H. Bonney. His family moved to Kansas and then to New…Catherine the Great
(Encyclopedia) Catherine the Great: see Catherine II.Cato the Elder
(Encyclopedia) Cato the ElderCato the Elderkāˈtō [key] or Cato the Censor, Lat. Cato Major or Cato Censorius, 234–149 b.c., Roman statesman and moralist, whose full name was Marcus Porcius Cato. He…Cato the Younger
(Encyclopedia) Cato the Younger or Cato of Utica, 95 b.c.–46 b.c., Roman statesman, whose full name was Marcus Porcius Cato; great-grandson of Cato the Elder. Reared by his uncle Marcus Livius Drusus…The Devil's Dictionary: Story
by Ambrose Bierce SPOOKERSUCCESSSTORY -n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph…The Supreme Court: Limiting Forced Medication
Limiting Forced MedicationThe Supreme CourtArresting RulesLimiting Forced MedicationConfessing Illegally Can the government force psychotic defendants to take drugs? The Supreme Court…William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act II, Scene II
Scene IISouthampton. A council-chamberEnter Exeter, Bedford, and WestmorelandBedford'Fore God, his grace is bold, to trust these traitors.ExeterThey shall be apprehended by and by.…Adam, the first man, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) AdamAdamădˈəm [key], [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female, giving them dominion over…Emirates of the South, Federation of the
(Encyclopedia) Emirates of the South, Federation of the: see South Arabia, Federation of.Federation of the Emirates of the South
(Encyclopedia) Federation of the Emirates of the South: see South Arabia, Federation of.Trending
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