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Wolfgang Paul
Wolfgang Paul 1913-93, German physicist, Ph.D. Technical Univ., Berlin, 1939. A professor at the Univ. of Bonn since 1952, Paul worked with Hans Dehmelt to develop an ion trap technique (known as the Paul trap), which made possible the detailed study of subatomic particles. For this invention, De... Read more
Paul Gerhardt
Paul Gerhardt 1607-76, German hymn writer and clergyman. Some of his famous texts, such as O Sacred Head Sore Wounded, are much used in English translations. ... Read more
Paul Dukas
Paul Dukas , 1865-1935, French composer and critic. He was influenced by both the romanticism of Wagner and the impressionism of Debussy. His compositions are few, the best known being a symphonic poem, The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1897), and an opera, Ariane et Barbe-Bleue (1907). ... Read more
Paul of Samosata
Paul of Samosata , fl. 260-72, Syrian Christian theologian, heretical patriarch of Antioch. He was a friend and high official of Zenobia of Palmyra. Paul enounced a dynamic monarchianism , denying the three Persons of the Trinity. He taught that the Logos came to dwell in Jesus at baptism, but th... Read more
Paul II
Paul II 1417-71, pope (1464-71), a Venetian named Pietro Barbo; successor of Pius II. He was a nephew of Eugene IV. A Renaissance pope, he patronized printing, beautified and improved Rome, and collected antiquities. Paul, like Pius II, was involved in struggles with the Bohemian George of Podebrad... Read more
Les Paul
Les Paul 1916-, American guitarist and inventor, b. Waukesha, Wis., as Lester William Polfus. He began playing country music at 14, later switched to jazz, and started his own trio in 1936. Considered one of the finest jazz guitarists, he is famous for his amazing versatility. Dissatisfied with the... Read more
Paul I
Paul I 1754-1801, czar of Russia (1796-1801), son and successor of Catherine II. His mother disliked him intensely and sought on several occasions to change the succession to his disadvantage. During Catherine's lifetime Paul opposed her domestic policy, which strengthened the nobility, and her exp... Read more
Paul Horgan
Paul Horgan (Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan), 1903-95, American writer, b. Buffalo, N.Y. His diverse works reflect his fascination with the effects of history and landscape on people. Among his books are the novels Main Line West (1936), Things As They Are (1964), Whitewater (1970),... Read more
Paul IV
Paul IV 1476-1559, pope (1555-59), a Neapolitan named Gian Pietro Carafa; successor of Marcellus II. First superior of the Theatines (see Cajetan, Saint ), he was sternly ascetic. A leading reformer, he organized the Inquisition set up by Paul III. As pope, he labored to purify the clergy and abol... Read more
Paul Sandby
Paul Sandby , 1725-1809, English watercolorist and draftsman. He was employed to survey the Highlands of Scotland after the 1745 rebellion. During his years in Scotland (1746-51) he learned to interpret landscape with delicacy and precision of detail. Most of his paintings of landscapes are done in ... Read more

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Paul V
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Paul V Pope Paul V (1550-1621) served as leader of the Roman Catholic Church for almost...support the Copernican theory of the universe. Early Life and Career Pope Paul V was born as Camillo Borghese in Rome, Italy, on September 17, 1550...
Paul I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Paul I The Russian czar Paul I (1754-1801), the son and successor of Catherine the Great...reversed many of his mother's policies. Born on Sept. 20, 1754, Paul I was the son of Emperor Peter III and Catherine the Great. Empress...
Paul, Les
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Les Paul American guitarist and inventor Les Paul (born 1915) was responsible for a significant portion of the...popular song recordings are inconceivable without them today. Paul also pioneered other recording sound effects such as reverb...
Paul II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Paul II The papacy of Paul II (1417–1471) was marked by few accomplishments and an...rank him as one of the worst of the Renaissance popes. The future Pope Paul II was born Pietro Barbo in Venice in 1417, the nephew of Pope Eugenius...
Paul I (Russia) (17541801; Ruled 17961801)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World PAUL I (RUSSIA) (1754 – 1801; ruled 1796 – 1801) PAUL I (RUSSIA) (1754 – 1801; ruled 1796...his father, Peter III (1728 – 1762), Paul I was assassinated by members of elite guards' regiments...
Saint Paul: History
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States Saint Paul: History River Fort Draws Traders, Settlers...he stopped near the future site of Saint Paul, where he discovered a Native American burial...territory, which included present-day Saint Paul. In 1805 Lieutenant Zebulon M. Pike camped...
Saint Paul: Education and Research
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States Saint Paul: Education and Research Elementary and Secondary Schools Public schools in Saint Paul are administered by Independent School District...is a summary of data regarding the Saint Paul public schools as of the 2004–...
Paul, Alice Stokes
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law PAUL, ALICE STOKES Alice Stokes Paul was a militant U.S. suffrage leader who is best remembered as the author in 1923 of the equal rights amendment. Paul, who for decades played a major role in the National Woman's...
Alice Paul
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Alice Paul Credited with revitalizing the movement for women's suffrage, Alice Paul (1885-1977) mobilized a generation of women...incremental measures being takentoward gaining the vote. Paul helped to found the Congressional Union (later...
Saint Paul: Communications
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States Saint Paul: Communications Newspapers and Magazines Saint Paul's major daily newspaper is the Saint Paul Pioneer Press. Other newspapers appearing daily in the Twin Cities area are the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota Daily, and Finance...

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Robeson, Paul
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ROBESON, Paul Nationality: American. Born: Paul Leroy Robeson in Princeton, New Jersey, 9 April 1898. Education...Married Eslanda Cardozo Goode, 1921 (died 1965), son: Paul. Career: Professional football player while attending law...
Paul, the Apostle
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Paul, the Apostle A formidable theologian...founder of Christianity inasmuch as it was Paul, apostle to the Gentiles, who laboured that...of the NT. There is no serious doubt about Paul's authorship of the epistles to the Romans...
Paul, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Paul, St (d. c. 65 CE). The most important...apostle and theologian. The main source for Paul's biography is Acts , which however must be tested against the sparse data in Paul's own letters. Paul (originally ‘...
Schrader, Paul
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers SCHRADER, Paul Nationality: American. Born: Grand Rapids...SCHRADER: articles— Schrader, Paul, "Robert Bresson, Possibly," in Film...Cineaste (New York), Winter 1977/78. "Paul Schrader's Guilty Pleasures," in Film...
Paul of Venice
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography PAUL OF VENICE ( b. Udine, Italy, ca. 1370...logic. Christened Paolo Nicoletti da Udine, Paul of Venice was a highly respected scholar and...noble citizen of Udine, and his wife Elena. Paul received his early religious and literary...
Romans, Paul's epistle to the
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Romans, Paul's epistle to the Written in Corinth , probably in 57 CE, to a Church which Paul had never yet seen but which he was hoping to...was to prepare the ground for such a visit. Paul wrote to give careful exposition of his understanding...
Paul of Aegina
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography PAUL OF AEGINA ( b. Aegina; fl. Alexandria, A.D.640) medicine. The details of Paul of Aegina ’ s life are meager...remained after the Arabic invasion of 640. Paul ’ s most important and only extant...
Thessalonians, Paul's epistles to the
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Thessalonians, Paul's epistles to the Arranged in the NT...ninth of the epistles. From Philippi , Paul came to Thessalonica with Timothy and Silas...Athens , without Timothy and Silas; there Paul waited for them to catch him up (Acts...
Paul of Alexandria
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography PAUL OF ALEXANDRIA ( fl . Alexandria, ca . A.D. 378) astrology. Paul composed an elementary textbook, E ι ̓...to his son Cronamon, is extant; in chapter twenty Paul gives as an example for the determination of the weekday...
Rotha, Paul
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ROTHA, Paul Nationality: British. Born: Paul Thompson in London, 3 June 1907. Education: Highgate School...founded Documentary News Letter, 1939; managing director, Paul Rotha Productions Ltd., 1941–76; made 100 documentaries...

Thesaurus entries related to "paul"

gallop
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus gallop • verb  Paul galloped across the clearing synonyms : rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, dash, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, careen...
estimate
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...approximation, estimation, rough guess; costing, quotation, valuation, evaluation; informal guesstimate.   2. his estimate of Paul's integrity synonyms : evaluation, estimation, judgment, rating, appraisal, opinion, view.
admit
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...school synonyms : accept to/into, receive into, enroll in, enlist into, register into. antonym: expel.   3. Paul admitted that he was angry synonyms : confess, acknowledge, own, concede, grant, accept, allow; reveal, disclose, divulge...
affect
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...xA0; 1. he deliberately affected a Republican stance synonyms : assume, take on, adopt, embrace, espouse.   2. Paul affected an air of injured innocence synonyms : pretend, feign, fake, simulate, make a show of, make a pretense of, sham...
meet
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...across, come across/upon, chance on, happen on, stumble across/on; informal bump into.   2. she first met Paul at a party synonyms : get to know, be introduced to, make the acquaintance of.   3. the committee met on Saturday...
epistle
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus epistle • noun formal  the historical backdrop of St. Paul's epistles synonyms : letter, missive, communication, dispatch, note, line; news, correspondence.
wont
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus wont • adjective  he was wont to arise at 5:30 synonyms : accustomed, used, given, inclined. • noun  Paul drove fast, as was his wont synonyms : custom, habit, way, practice, convention, rule.
perfect
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...Utopian, incomparable, nonpareil, peerless, inimitable, unexcelled, unsurpassed, unsurpassable.   2. a classic Les Paul guitar in perfect condition synonyms : flawless, mint, as good as new, pristine, impeccable, immaculate, superb, superlative...
treat
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...handle, discuss, present, explore, investigate, approach; consider, study, analyze.   4. she was treated at St. Paul's Hospital synonyms : give medical care (to), nurse, care for, tend (to), help, give treatment (to), attend (to...
society
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...xA0; 2. an industrial society synonyms : culture, community, civilization, nation, population.   3. Sir Paul will help you enter society synonyms : high society, polite society, the upper classes, the elite, the smart set, the beautiful...

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Paul among the Postliberals
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; DOUGLAS HARINK, Paul among the Postliberals (Grand Rapids...a work of theology" than a study of Paul and his letters (p. 13). That is not...that will benefit any serious student of Paul. Harink, an associate professor of theology...
Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity?
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity? By David Wenham...the complex question of the relationship between Jesus and Paul. Traditional Christianity has assumed that Paul was a faithful follower of Jesus. However, this assumption...
PAUL HITS THE MARK AS AVC'S SIXTH MAN; FRESHMAN HAS 3-POINT SHOOTING TOUCH.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 2/5/1998; 700+ words ; ...Newton Chelette has known freshman guard Michael Paul for so long, the coach could consider the player...now a junior guard at Lancaster High, on the team, Paul's father Michael Paul Sr. served as an assistant coach, a duty that he...
Paul Pope, Son Of Generoso Pope, Founder of The National Enquirer, Counter Suits His Mother, Lois Pope.
PR Newswire; 4/2/2007; 700+ words ; ...BEACH, Fla., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Pope has filed a counter lawsuit in response...The lawsuit states that in 2004, when Paul was in his mother's favor, she promised...advisors attempted to devise a way to provide Paul with income without his mother having to...
Paul sticks to his guns, and the Constitution ; GOP candidate faces questions in Warner
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor; 12/3/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul used his interpretation of the Constitution...intervening in genocide. By the end of Paul's hour-long talk, college student...s so great about the Constitution?" Paul, a 10-term congressman from Texas...
Paul: The Man and the Myth
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 1/1/2000; ; 596 words ; Paul: The Man and the Myth by Calvin J. Roetzel University...a similar flurry of writings on the "historical Paul" has gone almost unnoticed. Roetzel's contribution to the debate on Paul highlights frequently overlooked aspects of Paul...
Paul learns how to deal with pressures of the game
Newspaper article from: Highland Park News (IL); 3/1/2001; ; 688 words ; STAFF WRITER When Joe Paul walked into this season, he walked into...players like Rory Gordon, Doug Baum and Paul - made them instant conference favorites...that we didn't win our conference," Paul said. "But we're still playing our...
Paul and the Jews
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; A. ANDREW DAS, Paul and the Jews (Library of Pauline Studies...Das sets out to examine the logic behind Paul's apparently divergent, even contradictory...Judaism, which viewed the Judaism that Paul knew and critiqued as fundamentally legalistic...
Les Paul Still 'Chasing Sound' at 92
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 8/19/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Weekend Edition - Sunday 08-19-2007 Les Paul Still 'Chasing Sound' at 92 Host: LIANE...and his name - the guitar. He became Les Paul. He discovered jazz and musical history...t confined to performing music. Les Paul pioneered the development of the solid...
Paul Burrell Revelations: STAY SAFE; WORLD EXCLUSIVE: THAT MEETING WITH THE QUEEN She fixed me with a stare and told me to be vigilant. She was deadly serious.. - PAUL BURRELL ON HER MAJESTY.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 11/6/2002; 700+ words ; Byline: STEVE DENNIS The journalist who Paul Burrell REALLY trusts ROYAL butler Paul Burrell today opens the palace doors on his sensational...left him exposed to people who wished him harm. Paul also tells how the Queen was desperate to build...