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Antimilitarism Antimilitarism
23. Antimilitarism (See also Peace, Peacemaking.) All Quiet on the Western Front unromanticized novel of WWI and its unsung heroes. [Ger. Lit.: All Quiet on the Western Front ] Arjuna called upon by duty to be a warrior, he refuses to join the fratricidal battle. [Hindu Lit.: The... Read more
Androboros Androboros
Androboros (1714), a “biographical farce” by Robert Hunter. Established as the first American play to be printed, it has left no records of any performance. Hunter published the work in 1714 as an oblique attack on his adversary, the colonial administrator Francis Nicholson. He... Read more
Robert Toombs Robert Toombs
Robert Toombs 1810-85, American statesman, Confederate leader, b. Wilkes co., Ga. A successful lawyer in Georgia, he entered politics as a Whig, serving in the state legislature and in Congress (1845-53). He favored the Compromise of 1850 and with Howell Cobb and Alexander H. Stephens canvassed... Read more
The Zoo Story The Zoo Story
Zoo Story, The (1960), a one‐act play by Edward Albee. [Provincetown Playhouse, 582 perf.] Jerry ( George Maharis), a shabbily dressed, aggressively hostile young man, accosts Peter ( William Daniels), a mild‐mannered publisher, who is sitting quietly on a park bench, and begins to... Read more
James Stanley 7th earl of Derby James Stanley 7th earl of Derby
James Stanley Derby, 7th earl of , 1607-51, English nobleman. He sat in the House of Commons (1625-28), took his seat in the House of Lords as Baron Strange (succeeding his father as earl of Derby in 1642), and was made lord lieutenant of Wales. He did not take an active part in the Long Parliament,... Read more
Margaret A. Haley Margaret A. Haley
Margaret A. Haley Margaret A. Haley (1861-1939) was a labor activist and leader of the Chicago Teachers' Federation who fought to improve public education and the working conditions of Chicago's elementary school teachers. Margaret A. Haley headed the most militant teachers' organization in... Read more
John Gibbon 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
Battle of Java Sea Battle of Java Sea
Java Sea, battle of, series of naval encounters fought off this Netherlands East Indies island between Japanese and Allied warships. The initial battle, on the afternoon and night of 27 February 1942, was the first fleet action of the Pacific war and one of the last that was not fought totally at... Read more
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Jubal Anderson Early Jubal Anderson Early
Jubal Anderson Early 1816-94, Confederate general, b. Franklin co., Va., grad. West Point, 1837. After fighting against the Seminole in Florida he resigned from the army (1838), studied law, and practiced at Rocky Mount, Va. He fought briefly in the Mexican War. Early voted against secession in the... Read more

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