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Arnold Daly
Arnold Daly , 1875-1927, American actor, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. He first appeared on the stage in 1892. Inspired by Richard Mansfield's production of The Devil's Disciple (1897-98), Daly determined to present Shaw on the American stage, and in 1903 he came into prominence when he played successfully in... Read more |
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convention of Cintra
Cintra, convention of, 1808. Concluded on 30 August after a British victory over the French at Vimeiro early in the Peninsular War. Though it was in Britain's interest to conclude a treaty, the terms negotiated by Sir Hew Dalrymple, commander of the British forces, were ridiculous. All French... Read more |
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pandemonium
pandemonium wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar. Originally (in Milton's Paradise Lost) it denoted the capital of hell, containing the council chamber of the evil spirits.In extended use, pandemonium was used first for any place resembling this, and then more generally for wild and noisy... Read more |
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Furst von Bernhard Heinrich Martin Bulow
Bernhard Heinrich Martin Bülow, Fürst von , 1849-1929, German chancellor. He held many diplomatic posts before he became, through the influence of Friedrich von Holstein , foreign secretary in 1897 and succeeded Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst as chancellor in 1900. He inadvertently... Read more |
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Robert Harley 1st earl of Oxford
Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford 1661-1724, English statesman and bibliophile. His career illustrates the power of personal connections and intrigue in the politics of his day. When he entered (1689) Parliament, he was generally associated with the Whigs and introduced (1694) the Triennial Bill... Read more |
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Aimee Semple McPherson
Aimee Semple McPherson , 1890-1944, U.S. evangelist, founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, and, in the 1920s and 30s, one of the most famous women in America, b. near Ingersoll, Ont. Born Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy, she was converted to Pentecostalism as a young girl and married... Read more |
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bedlam
bedlam a scene of uproar or confusion, deriving ultimately from Bedlam, a corruption of Bethlehem, in the name of the ‘Hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem’, founded by the Sheriff of London in Bishopsgate in 1247 for the housing of the clergy of St Mary of Bethlehem when they visited... Read more |
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tonnage and poundage
tonnage and poundage were customs duties which Parliament granted to Tudor monarchs for life. However, the crown's resort to impositions led the first Parliament of Charles I to refrain from making the customary lifetime grant. The king reacted by ordering the collection of the duties on an ad hoc... Read more |
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Milo
Milo (Titus Annius Papianus Milo), 95 BC-47 BC, Roman partisan leader. As tribune of the people (57 BC) he obtained the recall from exile of Cicero. At the insistence of Pompey , Milo hired a gang to fight the gang of Clodius . The rivals kept Rome in an uproar until it ended (52 BC) in the death... Read more |
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Battambang
Battambang , city (1995 est. pop. 110,000), capital of Battambang prov., W Cambodia, in a great rice-growing area. The second largest city in Cambodia, it is a market center with numerous rice mills. Textiles are also made. The city is on both the highway and railroad linking Phnom Penh with... Read more |
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