magic square
magic square a square divided into parts with letters or numbers inscribed therein that, whether combined vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, form the same sum or the same word. In ancient times such squares were thought to have magic properties, perhaps connected with the stars. Magic squares have been found in such widely divergent cultures as ancient China, Egypt, and India, as well as W Europe. Example:
Bibliography: See W. S. Andrews, Magic Squares and Cubes (2d ed. 1917, repr. 1960).
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William Jennings Bryan: An Electrifying Orator
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 10/14/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Considered 10-14-2008 William Jennings Bryan: An Electrifying Orator...favor was a young man named William Jennings Bryan. At the Democratic convention...speech. Here's the story of William Jennings Bryan, produced by Joe Richman...
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William Jennings Bryan: An Uncertain Trumpet
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; William Jennings Bryan: An Uncertain Trumpet. By Gerald...Gerald Leinwand's study of William Jennings Bryan has two purposes. First, as...intellect" in his speeches (William Jennings Bryan. Vol. 1 : Political Evangelist...
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William Jennings Bryan: An Uncertain Trumpet.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; William Jennings Bryan: An Uncertain Trumpet. By Gerald...Gerald Leinwand's study of William Jennings Bryan has two purposes. First, as...intellect" in his speeches (William Jennings Bryan. Vol. 1 : Political Evangelist...
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"BUT BRYANT? WHAT OF BRYANT IN BRYAN?": THE RELIGIOUS IMPLICATIONS OF THE ALLUSION TO "A FOREST HYMN" IN THE SUN ALSO RISES.(politician William Jennings Bryan, poet William Cullen Bryant)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: The Hemingway Review; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...embedded within his discourse on William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), has significance...William Cullen Bryant and William Jennings Bryan--American icons long venerated...pays mock-tribute to William Jennings Bryan, prominent fundamentalist...
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The Gospel of William Jennings Bryan: the great commoner wasn't a progressive despite his traditionalism--but because of it.(On Political Books)(A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan By Michael Kazin Knopf, $30...hearing of the death of Willliam Jennings Bryan in 1925, the Socialist leader...mission in A Godly Hero: The Life of William Fennings Bryan is to establish...
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Where Did the Party Go?: William Jennings Bryan, Hubert Humphrey, and the Jeffersonian Legacy.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Where Did the Party Go?: William Jennings Bryan, Hubert Humphrey, and the...supporters. Focusing on William Jennings Bryan and Hubert Horatio Humphrey...Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan, in which he describes Bryan...
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PIOUS POLITICIAN BIOGRAPHY EXPLORES LIFE OF WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 3/26/2006; 700+ words
; ...South particularly. But William Jennings Bryan, three-time presidential...Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan" by Michael Kazin (Knopf...Clarence Darrow, left, and William Jennings Bryan sit beside one another at...
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William Jennings Bryan stamp debuts in Salem
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/23/1986; ; 566 words
; ...famed orator and legislator William Jennings Bryan was issued Wednesday at his birthplace in Salem, Ill. William Jennings Bryan was one of American's most...Customer-Affixed Envelopes, William Jennings Bryan stamp, Postmaster, Salem...
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A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan. By Michael Kazin. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf...Michael Kazin's outstanding new biography of William Jennings Bryan. In 1916 the Great Commoner, while vacationing...
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A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan. By Michael Kazin. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf...Michael Kazin's outstanding new biography of William Jennings Bryan. In 1916 the Great Commoner, while vacationing...
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Bryan, William Jennings (1860-1925)
Book article from: American Eras
William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) Democratic presidential...working class, and the farmer, William Jennings Bryan based his political strength in...Illinois, on 19 March 1860, William Jennings Bryan earned an A.B. (1881) and...
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Bryan, William Jennings
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS William Jennings Bryan was a prominent figure in U.S. politics during the...is stronger than all the hosts of error." — William Jennings Bryan Bryan had always yearned to go west, to test himself...
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William Jennings Bryan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
William Jennings Bryan The American lawyer, editor, and politician William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) was the Democratic...agrarian democracy. For 30 years William Jennings Bryan was active in American politics...
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Bryan, William Jennings 1860-1925
Book article from: American Decades
BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS 1860-1925 Democratic> presidential candidate, 1896, 1900...for his participation in the Scopes "Monkey" Trial in 1925, William Jennings Bryan is also notable for his exemplary leadership of the faltering Democratic...
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Ruth Bryan Owen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ruth Bryan Owen Ruth Bryan Owen (1885-1954) was a congresswoman...congresswoman and diplomat Ruth Bryan Owen volunteered as a war nurse and...three-time presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan and the former Mary Baird. The family...
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