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Libra

(Encyclopedia) LibraLibralēˈbrə, līˈ– [key] [Lat.,=the scales], southern constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Virgo and Scorpius; it is one of the…

Matsuoka, Yosuke

(Encyclopedia) Matsuoka, YosukeMatsuoka, Yosukeyōs&oomacr;ˈkē mäts&oomacr;ˈōkä [key], 1880–1946, Japanese statesman and diplomat. After graduating from the Univ. of Oregon, he served briefly…

Fort Moultrie

(Encyclopedia) Fort MoultrieFort Moultriem&oomacr;lˈtrē [key], on Sullivans Island at the entrance to the harbor of Charleston, S.C.; originally called Fort Sullivan. Constructed by Col. William…

Crown Point

(Encyclopedia) Crown Point, town, Essex co., NE N.Y., on Lake Champlain. Crown Point is a summer resort on a historic site. A bridge there crosses the…

roe deer

(Encyclopedia) roe deer, small, short-horned deer, Capreolus capreolus, of Britain and Europe and as far east as China and Siberia. Its coat is golden red in summer, darkening to brown or even black…

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908–72, American politician and clergyman, b. New Haven, Conn. In 1937 he became pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, and he soon…

Passos Coelho, Pedro

(Encyclopedia) Passos Coelho, Pedro (Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho)Passos Coelho, Pedropĕˈdrō päˈs&oomacr;sh kwĕlˈ&oomacr; [key], 1964–, Portuguese political leader, grad. Lusíada Univ.,…

Barère de Vieuzac, Bertrand

(Encyclopedia) Barère de Vieuzac, BertrandBarère de Vieuzac, BertrandbĕrträNˈ bärĕrˈ də vyözäkˈ [key], 1755–1841, French revolutionary. A member of the Revolutionary National Assembly and of the…

Turner, John Napier Wyndham

(Encyclopedia) Turner, John Napier Wyndham, 1929–2020, Canadian prime minister (1984). Born in England, he immigrated (1932) to Ontario with his Canadian-born mother after she was widowed. Trained as…

Raisi, Ebrahim

(Encyclopedia) Raisi, Ebrahim , 1960- , Iranian cleric and political leader, b. Mashhad, as Ebrahim Raisol-Sadati. Raisi’s educational history is…