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Aesop's Fables: The Apes and the Two Travellers

by Aesop The Boy and the SnailsThe Ass and His BurdensThe Apes and the Two Travellers Two men were travelling together, one of whom never spoke the truth, whereas the other never told a…

Geometry: Two's Company, Three's a Triangle

Two's Company, Three's a TriangleGeometryTwo's Company, Three's a TriangleA Formal IntroductionSize Matters, So Let's Measure As long as there are three of anything, there will be triangles. You…

Two Rivers

(Encyclopedia) Two Rivers, city (1990 pop. 13,030), Manitowoc co., E Wis., on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Twin River; inc. 1878. Two Rivers is closely associated with its twin city, Manitowoc,…

Xenocrates

(Encyclopedia) XenocratesXenocrateszĭnŏkˈrətēz [key], 396–314 b.c., Greek philosopher, b. Chalcedon, successor of Speusippus as head of the Academy. He was a disciple of Plato, whom he accompanied to…

Brewer's: Noble Soul

The surname given to Khosrû I., the greatest monarch of the Sassanian dynasty. (*, 531-579.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Noblesse ObligeNoble A B C D…

John Noble Biography

captiveDied: Nov. 10, 2007 (Dresden, Germany) Best Known as: American captive in gulag labor camp American captive held by the Russians for nine and a half…

Babylonian captivity

(Encyclopedia) Babylonian captivity, in the history of Israel, the period from the fall of Jerusalem (586 b.c.) to the reconstruction in Palestine of a new Jewish state (after 538 b.c.). After the…

Henry the Proud

(Encyclopedia) Henry the Proud, c.1108–1139, duke of Bavaria (1126–38) and of Saxony (1137–38). A member of the Guelph family, he inherited the duchy of Bavaria and enormous private wealth. By his…

Noble County, IN Census Data

Indiana Noble County, Indiana People QuickFactsNoble CountyIndianaPopulation, 2005 estimate 47,4486,271,973Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 2.5%3.1%Population, 2000 46…

Worcester, Thomas Percy, earl of

(Encyclopedia) Worcester, Thomas Percy, earl ofWorcester, Thomas Percy, earl ofw&oobreve;sˈtər [key], c.1344–1403, English nobleman; brother of Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland. He served…