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Fashoda Incident Fashoda Incident
Fashoda Incident , 1898, diplomatic dispute between France and Great Britain. Toward the end of the 19th cent., while Britain was seeking to establish a continuous strip of territory from Cape Town to Cairo, France desired to establish an overland route from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. To... Read more
James Nicholson James Nicholson
James Nicholson c.1736-1804, American naval officer, b. Chestertown, Md.; brother of Samuel Nicholson. During the American Revolution, Nicholson, appointed (1776) a captain in the Continental navy, was senior officer after the dismissal of Esek Hopkins in 1778. While awaiting the Virginia, his... Read more
Wolfgang Kapp Wolfgang Kapp
Wolfgang Kapp , 1858-1922, German right-wing politician. In 1920 he led the uprising known as the Kapp putsch, an armed revolt in Berlin aimed at restoring the German monarchy. He seized the Berlin government, but a general strike broke his power. Kapp fled to Sweden, returned (1922) to Germany, and... Read more
Knickerbocker Holiday Knickerbocker Holiday
Knickerbocker Holiday (1938), a musical comedy by Maxwell Anderson (book, lyrics), Kurt Weill (music). [Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 168 perf.] As he writes his history of New York, Washington Irving ( Ray Middleton) seems to wander back into the 17th century just as New Amsterdam is awaiting the... Read more
Waterloo campaign Waterloo campaign
Waterloo campaign last action of the Napoleonic Wars, ending with the battle of Waterloo. Napoleon I, who escaped from Elba in Feb., 1815, and entered Paris on Mar. 20, soon faced a European coalition. His only hope lay in attacking before the enemy could combine to attack him, although he could... Read more
William Dudley Haywood William Dudley Haywood
William Dudley Haywood 1869-1928, American labor leader, known as Big Bill Haywood, b. Salt Lake City, Utah. He began work as a miner at 15 years of age. In 1896 he joined the newly organized Western Federation of Miners, and in 1900 became a member of the executive board and national... Read more
Mourning Becomes Electra Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra, dramatic trilogy by O'Neill, produced and published in 1931. Based on the ancient Greek legend, its three parts are: (I) Homecoming; (II) The Hunted; (III) The Haunted.I. At the close of the Civil War, Brigadier‐General Ezra Mannon, descendant of a Puritan family,... Read more
bodhisattva bodhisattva
bodhisattva [Sanskrit,=enlightenment-being], in early Buddhism the term used to refer to the Buddha before he attained supreme enlightenment; more generally, any being destined for enlightenment or intent on enlightenment. The spiritual path of the bodhisattva is the central teaching of Mahayana... Read more
Native Son Native Son
Native Son (1941), a play by Paul Green and Richard Wright. [St. James Theatre, 114 perf.] Bigger Thomas ( Canada Lee) is an African‐American youth with a long record of trouble. He has grown up both frightened by and hateful of the white society he knows he is not a part of. Despite his... Read more
The Moon of the Caribbees The Moon of the Caribbees
Moon of the Caribbees, The, one‐act play by O'Neill, produced and published in 1918.The British tramp steamer Glencairn is anchored off a West Indian island, from which is heard a melancholy, crooning chant. On deck, the seamen await the arrival of Bella, the bumboat woman, who brings three... Read more

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