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Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim The American-born British inventor Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) is chiefly known for the automatic rifle, or machine gun, that bears his name. Hiram Stevens Maxim was born near Sangerville, Maine, on Feb. 5, 1840. He received only a common-school education... Read more
Maxim Maxim
Maxim , name of a family of inventors and munition makers. Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, 1840-1916, was born near Sangerville, Maine. After launching on a career of inventing, he moved to England and there invented (1884) the Maxim machine gun. Among his numerous other inventions were a smokeless... Read more
Excise crisis Excise crisis
Excise crisis, 1733. In 1733 Sir Robert Walpole, George II's first minister, was anxious to conciliate the country gentlemen before the forthcoming general election (1734) by reducing the land tax to 1 shilling in the pound. He had already reimposed a duty on salt (1732), but additional revenue... Read more
Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
François La Rochefoucauld, duc de , 1613-80, French writer. As head of an ancient family (in his youth he bore the title prince de Marcillac) he opposed Richelieu and was later active in both Frondes . Wounded and disheartened, he made his peace (1652) and retired to his estates in... Read more
Decision-Making Decision-Making
Decision-Making AUTOMATIC VS. DELIBERATIVE PROCESSES FRAMING EFFECTS THE FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR AFFECTIVE FORECASTING DISCOUNTING THE FUTURE BIBLIOGRAPHY Standard models of decision-making hold that rational agents maximize expected utility. These models presuppose a notion of... Read more
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limelight an intense white light obtained by heating lime, formerly used in theatres; figuratively, the focus of public attention.backing into the limelight apparently shrinking from attention while actually seeking it. The phrase is particularly associated with T. E. Lawrence... Read more
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gnomic gnomic
gnomic expressed in or of the nature of short, pithy maxims or aphorisms. Recorded from the early 19th century (gnomical in the same sense dates from the early 16th century), the word comes from Greek gnōmikos, ultimately formed as English gnome (late 16th century), ‘thought,... Read more
Walther von der Vogelweide Walther von der Vogelweide
Walther von der Vogelweide , c.1170-c.1230, German minnesinger of noble birth, probably the finest lyric poet of medieval Germany. He wandered from court to court singing songs for which he wrote both words and music. In addition he was noted for his Sprüche, or maxims, which were frequently... Read more

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