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(Encyclopedia) bail, in law, procurement of release from prison of a person awaiting trial or an appeal, by the deposit of security to insure his submission at the required time to legal authority.…Baganda
(Encyclopedia) BagandaBagandabägänˈdə [key], also called Ganda, the largest ethnic group in Uganda. Bagandas comprise about 17% of the population and have the country's highest standard of living and…Buell, Don Carlos
(Encyclopedia) Buell, Don Carlos, 1818–98, Union general in the Civil War, b. near Marietta, Ohio, grad. West Point, 1841. Buell was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in the Civil War (May,…Bragg, Sir William Henry
(Encyclopedia) Bragg, Sir William Henry, 1862–1942, English physicist, educated at King William's College, Isle of Man, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served on the faculties of the Univ. of…Toluca
(Encyclopedia) TolucaTolucatōl&oomacr;ˈkä [key], city (1990 pop. 327,865), capital of Mexico state, central Mexico. Located on the central plateau, Toluca (alt. c.8,760 ft/2,670 m) has a year-…Yonkers
(Encyclopedia) YonkersYonkersyŏnˈkərz [key], city (1990 pop. 188,082), Westchester co., SE N.Y., on the east bank of the Hudson, in a hilly region just N of the Bronx (New York City); inc. 1855.…Cedar Rapids
(Encyclopedia) Cedar Rapids, city (2020 pop. 137,710), seat of Linn co., E central Iowa, on the Cedar River; inc. as a city 1856. The second largest…divorce
(Encyclopedia) divorce, partial or total dissolution of a marriage by the judgment of a court. Partial dissolution is a divorce “from bed and board,” a decree of judicial separation, leaving the…Presidents' Occupations
This table provides information about the occupations held by U.S. Presidents before and after their time in office. /**/ PresidentMajor Jobs Before the PresidencyJobs After the…William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, Act III, Scene III
Scene IIIThe Grecian camp. Before Achilles' tentEnter Agamemnon, Ulysses, Diomedes, Nestor, Ajax, Menelaus, and CalchasCalchasNow, princes, for the service I have done you, The advantage of…Trending
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