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fifth
fifth fifth column a group within a country at war who are sympathetic to or working for its enemies. The term dates from the Spanish Civil War, when General Mola, leading four columns of nationalist troops towards Madrid in 1936, declared that he had a fifth column inside the city.fifth force a... Read more |
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John Gibbon
John Gibbon 1827-96, Union general in the Civil War, b. near Holmesburg (now part of Philadelphia), Pa., grad. West Point, 1847. Made a brigadier general of volunteers (1862), he fought in the second battle of Bull Run, at South Mt., at Antietam, and in the Wilderness campaign (1864). After the war... Read more |
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Joseph Alsop
Joseph Alsop , 1910-89, and Alsop, Stewart, 1914-74, American political journalists, b. Avon, Conn. Joseph joined (1932) the New York Herald Tribune as a staff reporter and moved (1936) to its Washington, D.C., bureau. His Washington political column, written (1937-40) with Robert E. Kintner... Read more |
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Syndicate
SYNDICATE An association of individuals formed for the purpose of conducting a particular business; a joint venture. A syndicate is a general term describing any group that is formed to conduct some type of business. For example, a syndicate may be formed by a group of investment bankers who... Read more |
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Isandhlwana
Isandhlwana. Hill, located 75 miles north of Pietermaritzburg (South Africa), site of an important battle in the Zulu War. Part of the centre column of a three-pronged British invasion of Zululand, having underestimated its opponents, was surprised by a Zulu army on 22 January 1879. Disciplined... Read more |
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Emory Upton
Upton, Emory (1838–1881), Civil War general, military educator and reformer. Emory Upton, born in Batavia, New York, graduated eighth in the U.S. Military Academy's Class of May 1861. In four years, during the Civil War, he rose from second lieutenant to brevet (temporary) major general.... Read more |
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Alfred Howe Terry
Alfred Howe Terry 1827-90, American general, b. Hartford, Conn. A lawyer, he led a regiment of Connecticut volunteers at the first battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. Made a brigadier general of volunteers in 1862, he took part in various operations along the S Atlantic coast in 1862-63. For his... Read more |
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Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer
DIX, DOROTHY 1861-1951 A DVICE COLUMNIST "Mother Confessor to Millions." Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer started her column "Dorothy Dix Talks" in New Orleans in 1896. It lasted until her death in 1951, making her probably the best-known woman writer of her era. William... Read more |
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vertebral column
vertebral column (backbone; spinal column; spine) A flexible bony column in vertebrates that extends down the long axis of the body and provides the main skeletal support. It also encloses and protects the spinal cord and provides attachment for the muscles of the back. The vertebral column consists... Read more |
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