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(Encyclopedia) baths, in architecture. Ritual bathing is traceable to ancient Egypt, to prehistoric cities of the Indus River valley, and to the early Aegean civilizations. Remains of bathing…Stassen, Harold Edward
(Encyclopedia) Stassen, Harold EdwardStassen, Harold Edwardstăsˈən [key], 1907–2001, American public official and university president, b. West St. Paul, Minn. A Republican lawyer, he held his first…Poole, William Frederick
(Encyclopedia) Poole, William Frederick, 1821–94, American librarian, bibliographer, and historian, b. Essex co., Mass. Poole was librarian of the Boston Athenæum (1856–69), of the public libraries…Putnam, Herbert
(Encyclopedia) Putnam, Herbert, 1861–1955, American librarian, b. New York City; son of George P. Putnam. He served as librarian at the Minneapolis Athenaeum (1884–87) and of the Minneapolis Public…preventive medicine
(Encyclopedia) preventive medicine, branch of medicine dealing with the prevention of disease and the maintenance of good health practices. Until recently preventive medicine was largely the domain…Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer
(Encyclopedia) Lutyens, Sir Edwin LandseerLutyens, Sir Edwin Landseerlŭˈchənz, lŭˈtyənz [key], 1869–1944, English architect. He began his career designing small houses in Surrey and later executed a…lyceum, 19th-century American educational association
(Encyclopedia) lyceumlyceumlīsēˈəm, līˈ– [key], 19th-century American association for popular instruction of adults by lectures, concerts, and other methods. Lyceum groups were concerned with the…navigable water
(Encyclopedia) navigable water, in the broadest sense, a stream or body of water that can be used for commercial transportation. When, as in the early common law, the term is restricted to waters…obscenity
(Encyclopedia) obscenity, in law, anything that tends to corrupt public morals by its indecency. The moral concepts that the term connotes vary from time to time and from place to place. In the…motel
(Encyclopedia) motel, public lodging establishment for automobile travelers. Motels have traditionally differed from hotels in that the former have facilities for free parking on the premises, are…Trending
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