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Epaminondas
Epaminondas , d. 362 BC, Greek general of Thebes. He was a pupil of Lysias the Pythagorean, but his early life is otherwise obscure. As the Theban delegate to the peace conference of 371 BC he refused to surrender his claim to represent all Boeotia. Agesilaus II of Sparta therefore excluded Thebes... Read more |
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Battle of Dupplin Moor
Dupplin Moor, battle of, 1332. Edward Balliol, supported by Edward III, claimed the throne of Scotland after the death of Robert I Bruce. On 11 August 1332 he was victorious at Dupplin Moor, on the river Earn outside Perth, over a much larger force led by Donald, earl of Mar, regent for the... Read more |
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Loch Earn
Loch Earn , lake, 7 mi (11.2 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, Perth and Kinross and Stirling, central Scotland. Ardvorlich House, on its shore, is the Darlinvarach of Sir Walter Scott 's Legend of Montrose. Earn River (46 mi/74 km long), the lake's outlet, flows eastward through Strathearn past... Read more |
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PriceEarnings (PE) Ratio
Price/Earnings (P/E) Ratio The price/earnings ratio (P/E ratio) is one of a number of measures used to assess the value of a company. The "price" component of the ratio is the stock price of the company. The "earnings" portion is the net income (income after tax) reported by the company per share.... Read more |
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Nikki McCray
Nikki McCray 1971- American basketball player Power guard and forward Nikki McCray has played basketball with the WNBA's Washington Mystics and Indiana Fever, and the ABL's Columbus Quest. Earning multiple MVP awards, starter for the WNBA East All-Star team, and gold medals in two Olympics with... Read more |
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George Walker Bush
George Walker Bush 1946-, 43d president of the United States (2001-), b. New Haven, Conn. The eldest son of President George H. W. Bush , he was was raised in Texas and, like his father, attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., and Yale, graduating in 1968. He subsequently earned a Harvard... Read more |
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Winged Victory
Winged Victory (1943), a play by Moss Hart. [44th Street Theatre, 212 perf.] Centering on the air force career of three men—Allan Ross ( Mark Daniels), an Ohio bank teller, Pinky Scariano ( Don Taylor), a barber, and Irving Miller ( Edmund O'Brien), a young man from Brooklyn—the... Read more |
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Milton Berle
Milton Berle 1908-2002, American entertainer, b. New York City as Milton Berlinger. Berle first performed in vaudeville and on (1939-48) radio. His great success, however, came as television's first real star, and his broadly appealing comedy routines contributed significantly to the young medium's... Read more |
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Rene Cassin
René Cassin , 1887-1976, French jurist and humanitarian. He studied law at the universities of Aix-en-Provence and Paris, earned (1914) a doctorate, and practiced until World War I, in which he fought and was severely wounded. He was a law professor at the universities of Lille (1920-29) and... Read more |
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