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Roger North
Roger North 1653-1734, English biographer. A lawyer, he wrote excellent biographies of his brothers: Francis North, Lord Guilford, Keeper of the Great Seal (1742); Dudley North, a merchant (1744); and John North, master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1744). He is also noted for his Autobiography ... Read more
Red River Settlement
Red River Settlement agricultural colony in present Manitoba, North Dakota, and Minnesota. It was the undertaking of Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of Selkirk . Wishing to relieve the dispossessed and impoverished in Scotland and Northern Ireland, he secured enough control of the Hudson's Bay Company ... Read more
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth c.1797-1883, American abolitionist, a freed slave, originally called Isabella, b. Ulster co., N.Y. Convinced that she heard heavenly voices, she left (1843) domestic employment in New York City, adopted the name Sojourner Truth, and traveled throughout the North preaching emancipati... Read more
Saul
Saul first king of the ancient Hebrews. He was a Benjamite and anointed king by Samuel. Saul's territory was probably limited to the hill country of Judah and the region to the north, and his proximity to the Philistines brought him into constant conflict with them. The Bible tells his story dramat... Read more
Leonidas Lafayette Polk
Leonidas Lafayette Polk 1837-92, American agrarian leader, b. Anson co., N.C. After studying agriculture at Davidson College, he managed a plantation in North Carolina, served with the Confederate army in the Civil War, and then returned to farming. He led in the North Carolina Granger movement aft... Read more
Kim Dae Jung
Kim Dae Jung , 1924-, president (1998-2003) of South Korea. A native of South Jeolla prov. and a long-time campaigner for increased democracy and writer on international issues, Kim first ran for president in 1971. In 1973, while he was in Japan, he was kidnapped by South Korea's spy agency and take... Read more
Korea
Korea , Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia. A peninsula, 600 mi (966 km) long, Korea separates the Sea of Japan (called the East Sea by Koreans) on the east from the Yellow Sea (and Korea Bay [or West Korea Bay], a northern arm of the Yellow... Read more
Frederick North North, 8th Baron
Frederick North North, 8th Baron 1732-92, British statesman, best known as Lord North. He entered Parliament in 1754 and became a junior lord of the treasury (1759), privy councilor (1766), and chancellor of the exchequer (1767). In 1770, North, who had proved himself an able parliamentarian, was a... Read more
North Dakota
North Dakota state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Minnesota, across the Red River of the North (E), South Dakota (S), Montana (W), and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (N). Facts and Figures Area, 70,665 sq mi (183,022 sq km). Pop. (2000) 642,200,... Read more
Giovanni da Verrazano
Giovanni da Verrazano , c.1480-1527?, Italian navigator and explorer, in the service of France, possibly the first European to enter New York Bay. Sailing west to reach Asia, Verrazano explored (1524) the North American coast probably from North Carolina to Maine. In 1526, or later, sailing from Fra... Read more

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Shirley Caesar
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...pulpit in Durham, North Carolina, the town...in her 1995 video He Will Come (Word Records...still in effect in North Carolina. Shirley...determination took her to North Carolina Central College...said that she got the call to God's work in...Hubbard of People, she heard someone ...
Muhammad
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the Arab Empire. Call to be a prophet Muhammad...mother both died when he was a child. As a child, he was unable by Arab...inherit anything. He was therefore relatively...year 610, Muhammad heard a voice as he meditated...hundred miles to the north, where seventy of...
Arcangelo Corelli
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...century Roger North challenged the...reports that he heard concerti grossi...believe that he, and not Giuseppe...when Corelli heard Nicolas Adam Strungk play he exclaimed...might justly call Archidiavolo...however, North reports that...
Meriwether Lewis
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...George Washington's call for militia volunteers...enjoyed himself. He wrote his mother...Philosophical Society, since he was to make scientific...Missouri River to North Dakota, where they...Lewis got the horses he needed to cross the...awakened by a shot and heard Lewis moaning. ...
Monsters of Land, Sea, and Air
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained ...thrived 130 kilometers north of Ho Chi Minh City in...neck. The native people call it "mokele-mbembe...roaring trumpeting noise" heard frequently around Lake...June 3, 1999) that he is certain that mokele...cryptozoologists had heard reports that hunters from...
August Wilson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...His decision to call himself August Wilson...his teachers that he was not the original...a term paper that he had, in fact, written...from the fields of North Carolina to the cramped...evolution into an artist, he soon realized that...recalled, "I'd never heard of Bessie Smith...
Carroll O'Connor
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and bad teeth. Instead, he entered the less-selective...and became a midshipman. He eventually joined the National...Maritime Union and sailed the North Atlantic, Caribbean...few years uncertain what he wanted to do with his life...wife noticed a casting call for a stage production...
Nootka
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...s rendering of what he thought the native people...people as a group prefer to call themselves Westcoast People...from Cape Cook in the north to Sheringham Point in...Nootkans' Neighbors to the north, and belong to the Wakashan...1741, but weren't heard from again. On March...
Icelanders
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...foreboding name when he was forced to return to Norway because he fished and hunted...is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, located...to Norwegian. Some call medieval Icelandic...of the assembly. He had no executive authority...assembly changed laws and heard cases. The ...
James Forman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...During this period he also wrote a novel...Tennessee. In 1960 he formally joined the...going to Monroe, North Carolina, to assist...the NAACP for his call of armed self-defense...activists and from them heard about a newly formed...Atlanta. Within a week he was appointed executive...

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account
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...selling bibles to established accounts in the North. ∎  a contract to do work...from ) all accounts according to what one has heard or read: by all accounts he is a pretty nice guy. call (or bring ) someone to account require someone...
Excerpt from "Common Sense" (1776, by Thomas Paine)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Great Britain and her colonies in North America. All that had been needed...American: Political History . A Call for Independence LEAVING the...And among the many which I have heard, the following seems the most...with some occasional remarks. He who takes nature for his guide...

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Heard Museum doubles venue space with expansion
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Witnesses heard explosion, saw blazing streak
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BigBand Networks Appoints David Heard General Manager of Product Operations.
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Standing their ground Lexington and Concord still 'battle' over shot heard 'round the world.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 7/4/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...answer is Concord's North Bridge," said Sideris...a deposition that he had told his men to...of militia by the North Bridge. Upon orders...anything like this," he added. But, "Lexington...battle and the shot heard 'round the world...a hoot." Lavitt calls the Lexington events...
Slaying victim's mother heard shot, then the phone dropping.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 1/17/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...an hour when she heard Tolliver and his...to tell them, I heard the gunshots and then I heard the phone drop...responding to a 911 call to Nelson's home...she was taken to North Memorial Medical...over the phone that he was going to kill...
Witness heard shot, saw informant fall
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Museum studies Gilbert site: Third Heard satellite would rise in booming area.
Newspaper article from: Tribune (Mesa, AZ); 11/28/2006; 700+ words ; ...developer and the Heard Museum are discussing...development. The Heard, a renowned Phoenix...Indian history, has a north branch in Scottsdale...beneficial to the Heard in terms of the kind...the museum, said he has been pursuing...permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or...
She heard them crying out for her; In one of the most harrowing cases ever to come before an inquest, a heartbroken mother is forced to relive the cruellest crime imaginable Dressed in pyjamas, they were taken from their beds to be killed.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 9/17/2003; 700+ words ; ...a series of phone calls, she had to listen...refused to say where he had parked the car...where they were, he replied that it was...late. The inquest heard how the couple had...good, and although he continued to see the...spot 40 miles away in North Wales, and started...location from ...
I heard Adam running, then line went dead.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 3/21/2007; 659 words ; ...I had a phone call from him saying he was OK and that he was on his way...again. ' Then I heard him running - he...sleep as I hadn't heard from Adam. So...his smile and how he used to laugh...in Wood Green, North London.