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general elections
general elections have changed over the years. Until the 17th cent., there was no statutory requirement about their frequency, and the Triennial Act of 1694, which laid down that a general election must be held every three years at most, was the first effective legal provision. In 1716 the... Read more |
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Chun Doo Hwan
Chun Doo Hwan Chun Doo Hwan (born 1931), an army general turned politician, was elected to a seven-year term in 1981 as president of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Chun Doo Hwan was born on January 18, 1931, in a remote mountainous farm village in Hapch'ongun, South Kyongsang Province.... Read more |
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Betty Parsons
Parsons, Betty (née Pierson) (1900–1982). American art dealer, collector, painter, and sculptor, born in New York into a wealthy family. In 1919 she married Schuyler Parsons, a socialite, but divorced him in 1922. From then until 1933 she lived in Paris. After returning to the USA she... Read more |
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Farewell
248. Farewell Auld Lang Syne closing song of New Year’s Eve. [Music: Leach, 91] extreme unction (last rites ) anointing at the hour of death, sacrament of Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. [Christianity: NCE, 689] gold watch token of gratitude often bestowed on retiring... Read more |
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Bear Flag Revolt
BEAR FLAG REVOLT BEAR FLAG REVOLT. In the last four years of Mexican rule in California, hundreds of Americans settled in the Sacramento Valley. Tensions rose between the United States and Mexico, and by the winter of 1845–1846 war... Read more |
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William Trost Richards
William Trost Richards 1833-1905, American painter, b. Philadelphia, studied in Florence, Rome, and Paris, and settled in Germantown, Pa. Early in his career he painted landscapes and still lifes, but a year after buying a house in Newport, R.I. (1866), he turned to marine paintings. His... Read more |
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Jamnia
Jamnia , biblical Jabneel and Jabneh [Heb.,=God causes to build], ancient city, central Israel. Its modern name is Yavne. A central city of Philistia, the Bible refers to its walls being destroyed by Uzziah. It was pillaged by Judas Maccabaeus and later rebuilt. In the last years before the sack... Read more |
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treaty of Greenwich
Greenwich, treaty of, 1543. On 1 July 1543, after their defeat at Solway Moss the previous year, the Scots made peace and agreed to a marriage between the infant Queen Mary and Prince Edward, Henry VIII's heir, which would lead to a union of the kingdoms. The terms were repudiated by the... Read more |
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Holy Year
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leap year
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