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William Lassell
Lassell, William (b Bolton, Lancashire, England, 18 June 1799; d.. Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, 5 October 1880), astronomy. Lassell served a seven years Read more |
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Law and Justice
LAW AND JUSTICE: IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE 1970s197019 Jan. President Richard Nixon nominates G. Harrold Carsweli for Supreme Court justice. On 8 April the Senate cites Carswell's weak on civil rights record in rejecting the nomination.18 Feb. The trial of the Chicago Seven ends with an acquittal of... Read more |
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Chun Doo Hwan
Chun Doo Hwan Chun Doo Hwan (born 1931), an army general turned politician, was elected to a seven-year term in 1981 as president of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Chun Doo Hwan was born on January 18, 1931, in a remote mountainous farm village in Hapch'ongun, South Kyongsang Province.... Read more |
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Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
VOLTA, ALESSANDRO GIUSEPPE ANTONIO ANASTASIO(b. Como. duchy of Milan, Italy, 18 February 1745; d. Como, 5 March 1827), Physics.Volta came from a Lombard family ennobled by the municipality of Como and almost extinguished, in his time, through its service to the church. One of his three paternal... Read more |
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seven
seven the number seven is often used symbolically, denoting completion or perfection, especially in echoes of biblical phraseology.Seven against Thebes in Greek legend, the name given to the expedition against Thebes led by Polynices, son of Oedipus, against his brother Eteocles. When both young... Read more |
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Sioux
Sioux or Dakota, confederation of Native North American tribes, the dominant group of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock, which is divided into several separate branches (see Native American languages ). The Sioux, or Dakota, consisted of seven tribes in three major divisions: Wahpekute,... Read more |
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Warren Moon
Warren Moon 1956–Football player For seventeen seasons Warren Moon was a starting quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), most of that time for the Houston Oilers. Following his retirement in 2000, he became a radio announcer and analyst for the Seattle Seahawks. In 2006 he became the... Read more |
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Stabat Mater Dolorosa
Stabat Mater Dolorosa [Lat.,=the sorrowful mother was standing], 13th-century hymn of the Roman Church attributed to Jacopone da Todi. A prayer meditating on the sorrows of the Virgin Mary in her station at the Cross, it was the liturgical sequence for the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin (Sept. 15 and... Read more |
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