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	Lesbos Lesbos or Lésvos , island (1991 pop. 87,151), c.630 sq mi (1,630 sq km), E Greece, in the Aegean Sea near Turkey. A fertile island, it has vast olive groves and also produces wheat, wine, and citrus fruit. Fishing, tanning, and livestock raising are significant industries. Mitilín... Read more
	Mysia Mysia , ancient region, NW Asia Minor. It was N of Lydia and its coast faced Lesbos. Mysia was not a political unit, and it passed successively to Lydia, Persia, Macedon, Syria, Pergamum, and Rome. ... Read more
	Stephen II Stephen II d. 757, pope (752-57), successor of Pope St. Zacharias . When Rome was threatened by the Lombard king Aistulf, Stephen went to Gaul and appealed to Pepin the Short for help. He became the first pope to cross the Alps. Pepin responded and defeated (754 and 756) Aistulf and restored the... Read more
	Alcaeus Alcaeus , c.620-c.580 BC, Greek lyric poet of Lesbos. An aristocrat, he was often embroiled in political battles with the ruling tyrants. He wrote drinking songs, hymns, love songs, and political odes. He was, according to tradition, a close associate of Sappho . The Alcaic strophe (a four-line sta... Read more
	Sporades Sporades , islands, E and SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea. They have been grouped variously at different times. The Northern Sporades are generally understood to include Skíros, Skiathos, Skópelos, and some smaller islands off the coast of Évvoia and W Turkey. Límnos and Les... Read more
	Taoism Taoism , refers both to a Chinese system of thought and to one of the four major religions of China (with Confucianism, Buddhism, and Chinese popular religion). Philosophical Taoism The philosophical system stems largely from the Tao-te-ching, a text traditionally ascribed to Lao Tzu b... Read more
	Media Media , ancient country of W Asia whose actual boundaries cannot be defined, occupying generally what is now W Iran and S Azerbaijan. It extended from the Caspian Sea to the Zagros Mts. The Medes were an Indo-European people who spoke an Iranian language closely akin to old Persian. Some scholars cl... Read more
	Henry Bouquet Henry Bouquet , 1719-65, British army officer in the French and Indian Wars . A French Swiss, he came to America in 1756 and distinguished himself as second in command to Gen. John Forbes in the successful expedition (1758) against Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh). In Pontiac's Rebellion he decisivel... Read more
	investiture investiture in feudalism , ceremony by which an overlord transferred a fief to a vassal or by which, in ecclesiastical law, an elected cleric received the pastoral ring and staff (the symbols of spiritual office) signifying the transfer of the office. After the oath of fealty, the lord "invested... Read more
	New Mexico New Mexico state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). Facts and Figures Area, 121,666 sq mi (315... Read more

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	People of Lesbos lay claim to name but whose word is it?; 'Lesbian' is entrenched in English to refer to homosexual women. How about Lesbonians?(Opinion) Newspaper article from: The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario); 5/20/2008; 700+ words ; ...residents of the island of Lesbos laid claim to the word...name. The litigants claim the organization's...insults the identity of the people of Lesbos, who are also known...Dimitris Lambrou, claims that the global dominance...17th century refers to people living on the ...
	RAISING THE BAR HANDMADE SOAPS ARE PAINSTAKINGLY PREPARED TO PAMPER YOUR SKIN. Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/13/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...the Greek poet Sappho, claims Larry Plesent, whose...Middlebury. "The women of Lesbos (who invented the first...Western world) also lay claim to the invention of soap...kinder to the skin. People who suffer from allergies...beer. Each ingredient claims specific homeopathic...
	America's unboring choice; George Bush and Michael Dukakis are more colourful than their public personas suggest. (editorial) Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/2/1988; 700+ words ; ...one generation from peasant life in Lesbos is less eloquent about the pitfalls...confidence, hard work: Mr Dukakis can lay claim to them all. In his hands, he suggests...tries more often to be a man of the people. He seldom pulls it off. He knows...