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Simon Langham
Simon Langham , d. 1376, English prelate and statesman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He ruled the abbey of Westminster with such skill that Edward III appointed (1360) him treasurer and chancellor (1363). Created bishop of Ely in 1362, Langham rose to be archbishop of Canterbury (1366). Hi...
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky , 1893-1937, Soviet marshal. An officer in the czarist army from 1914, he joined (1918) the Bolshevik party after the Russian Revolution and held important commands in the civil war of 1918-20 and the Russo-Polish war of 1920. Tukhachevsky was instrumental in suppre...
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baseball
baseball bat-and-ball sport known as the national pastime of the United States. It derives its name from the four bases that form a diamond (the infield) around the pitcher's mound.
Basic Rules
Teams consist of nine players who use a leather-covered hard ball, a wooden (in the professiona...
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Tonkin
Tonkin , historic region (c.40,000 sq mi/103,600 sq km), SE Asia, now forming the heartland of N Vietnam. The capital was Hanoi . Tonkin was bordered on the north by China, on the east by the Gulf of Tonkin, on the south by the historic region of Annam , and on the S and W by Laos. The region of T...
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Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth), 1895-1948, American baseball player, considered by many the greatest of all baseball players, b. Baltimore.
Early Life
When he was seven years old his parents placed him in St. Mary's Industrial School (Baltimore), an institution for underprivileged boys. H...
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gag rules
gag rules in parliamentary procedure, rules limiting or prohibiting free debate on a particular issue. In U.S. history, the term is applied especially to procedural rules in force in the House of Representatives from 1836 to 1844. With the growth of antislavery feeling after the founding of the Ame...
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Hel
Hel , in Norse mythology, the underworld (sometimes called Niflheim) and the goddess who ruled there. In early Germanic mythology, Hel was the goddess who ruled the majestic abode for the dead. Later, particularly after the advent of Christianity, Hel became a place of punishment, similar to the Chr...
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Kapilavastu
Kapilavastu , ancient town, S Nepal. According to legend, the Buddha, whose father ruled the state of Kapilavastu, was born nearby and passed his early years there.
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oligarchy
oligarchy [Gr.,=rule by the few], rule by a few members of a community or group. When referring to governments, the classical definition of oligarchy, as given for example by Aristotle, is of government by a few, usually the rich, for their own advantage. It is compared with both aristocracy , whi...
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Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism form of Buddhism prevailing in the Tibet region of China, Bhutan, the state of Sikkim in India, Mongolia, and parts of Siberia and SW China. It has sometimes been called Lamaism, from the name of the Tibetan monks, the lamas [superior ones]. The religion is derived from the Ind...
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