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collegiate basketball competition initiated in the United States in 1938 by New York City basketball writers and held annually since then in Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the ...
Olaf
king of Northumbria and of Dublin. Olaf was the son of Guthfrith (or Godfrey), king of Dublin. He is often confused with Olaf Sihtricson. Hobbes, Thomas
When strife became acute in 1640, Hobbes feared for his safety. Shortly after completing The Elements of Law, he fled to Paris, where he rejoined Mersenne's circle and made contact with other exiles ...
Caminiti, Kenneth Gene
American baseball player (b. April 21, 1963, Hanford, Calif.-d. Oct. 10, 2004, New York, N.Y.), won the National League's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in 1996 as a member of the San Diego Padres. ...
ushpizin
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Norway
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John Paul II
John Paul's highly personalized encyclical Ut unum sint (1995; "That They May Be One") reviewed 30 years of ecumenical relations, including his visits-the first by any pope-to Canterbury Cathedral ...
Bonfini, Antonio
Italian humanist who was the court historian for Matthias I, the king of Hungary.Corey, Elias James
Corey began working on his own at Illinois by applying theories of electron density in molecules and transition states (known as molecular orbital theory) to make predictions about reaction products. ...
Victoria
Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert served as a stage for displays of political partisanship: very few Tories received invitations, and the Tories themselves rejected Victoria's request that Albert ...
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