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Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash 1902-71, American poet, b. Rye, N.Y., studied at Harvard. He was popular for a wide assortment of witty and immensely quotable doggerel verses, ranging from urbane satire to absurdity in their subject and rhyme. For several decades his work appeared regularly in The New Yorker ... Read more |
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Bradenton
Bradenton , city (1990 pop. 43,779), seat of Manatee co., SW Fla., on Tampa Bay at the mouths of the Braden and Manatee rivers; inc. 1903. A popular winter resort and retirement center with excellent fishing in the rivers and bay, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico, it also ships area citrus fruit and... Read more |
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Bourbon
Bourbon , European royal family, originally of France; a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. One branch of the Bourbons occupies the modern Spanish throne, and other branches ruled the Two Sicilies and Parma. It takes its name from the now ruined castle of Bourbon, at Bourbon-l'Archambault, Allier... Read more |
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Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand , city (1990 pop. 140,167), capital of Puy-de-Dôme dept., central France, in Auvergne, on the Tiretaine River. One of the population and industrial centers of the Massif Central, it is home of the Michelin and other tire factories, and of important metallurgical works. The... Read more |
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Jean Duvergier de Hauranne
Hauranne, Jean Duvergier de. See SAINTCYRAN.... Read more |
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Antoine de Bourbon
Antoine de Bourbon , 1518-62, duc de Vendôme, king of Navarre through his marriage to Jeanne d'Albret ; father of Henry IV of France. He converted to Protestantism after his marriage (1548), becoming one of the most influential Huguenot leaders. Although he did not take part in the conspiracy... Read more |
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Bag Enderby
Enderby, Bag, Enderby, Mavis, & Enderby, Wood Lincs. Andrebi, Endrebi 1086 (DB), Bagenderby 1291, Enderby Malbys 1302, Wodenderby 1198. Probably identical in origin with the previous name. The affix Mavis is manorial, from the Malebisse family here in the 13th cent. The affix Bag is perhaps... Read more |
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Diet of Worms
Diet of Worms 1521, most famous of the imperial diets held at Worms, Germany. It was opened in Jan., 1521, by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V . After disposing of other business, notably the question of the Reichsregiment , the diet took up the question of the recalcitrant behavior of Martin Luther... Read more |
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