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feud feud
feud formalized private warfare, especially between family groups. The blood feud (see vendetta ) is characteristic of those societies in which a strong central government either has not arisen or has decayed. In modern times the feud, outlawed in most countries, has persisted where public justice... Read more
Jumbo Jumbo
Jumbo (1935), a musical comedy by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur (book), Richard Rodgers (music), Lorenz Hart (lyrics). [Hippodrome, 233 perf.] Two feuding circus magnates, Matthew Mulligan ( W. J. McCarthy) and John A. Considine ( Arthur Sinclair), are dismayed to learn that their children,... Read more
Charles II (Navarre) Charles II (Navarre)
Charles II (Charles the Bad), 1332-87, king of Navarre (1349-87), count of Évreux; grandson of King Louis X of France. He carried on a long feud with his father-in-law, John II, king of France, procuring the assassination (1354) of John's favorite, Charles de La Cerda, and forming an... Read more
John the Fearless John the Fearless
John the Fearless 1371-1419, duke of Burgundy (1404-19); son of Philip the Bold . He fought against the Turks at Nikopol in 1396 and was a prisoner for a year until he was ransomed. He continued his father's feud with Louis, duc d' Orléans , brother of King Charles VI, and became popular... Read more
Blood Feud Blood Feud
BLOOD FEUD Avenging the wrongful death of a person's kin by killing the murderer or by receiving compensation from the murderer's possessions. During the Middle Ages all European nations had similar customs concerning the murder of their inhabitants. The closest next of kin to a person who had... Read more
Double Jeopardy Double Jeopardy
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Ancient civilizations relied on the blood feud to provide justice when one person killed another Read more
Tezcatlipoca Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca , ancient deity of the Toltec in Mexico. Identified with the night sky, the moon, and the stars, and associated with the forces of evil and destruction, Tezcatlipoca shared dominion over humanity with Quetzalcoatl , the god of light and good. Of the various legends surrounding their... Read more
Alfonso VI Alfonso VI
Alfonso VI Alfonso VI (1040-1109) became king of León in 1065 and of Castile in 1072. A fighting king of the Spanish Reconquest, he later feuded with the Cid and could not cope with the invading Almoravids. Alfonso was the second and favorite son of.... Read more
Robert Houghwout Jackson Robert Houghwout Jackson
Robert Houghwout Jackson , 1892-1954, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1941-54), b. Spring Creek, Pa. Despite the fact that he did not have a law degree, he was admitted to the bar in 1913 after a brief period of study at Albany law school. In 1934, he was appointed general counsel of... Read more
John Frazee John Frazee
Pair of Sixes, A (1914), a farce by Edward Peple. [Longacre Theatre, 207 perf.] George H. Nettleton ( George Parson) and T. Boggs Johns ( Hale Hamilton) are partners in a pharmaceutical business that has made a fortune with a “pill [that] will fill the bill.” But their success has... Read more

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