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Classical Mythology: The Labors of Heracles

The Labors of HeraclesClassical MythologyThe Labors of HeraclesTraining a HeroBeastly Chores: The First Four LaborsEven More Beastly Chores: The Second Four LaborsThe Far Corners of the Earth: The…

press, freedom of the

(Encyclopedia) press, freedom of the, liberty to print or to otherwise disseminate information, as in print, by broadcasting, or through electronic media, without prior restraints such as licensing…

Selected Activists and Reformers

Sojourner Truth See also Martin Luther King, Jr., Biography Martin Luther King, Jr., Timeline African-American Religious Leaders Civil Rights Leaders Civil Rights Movement Heroes…

Waldenses

(Encyclopedia) WaldensesWaldenseswôldĕnˈsēz [key] or Waldensians, Protestant religious group of medieval origin, called in French Vaudois. They originated in the late 12th cent. as the Poor Men of…

comic strip

(Encyclopedia) comic strip, combination of cartoon with a story line, laid out in a series of pictorial panels across a page and concerning a continuous character or set of characters, whose thoughts…

Museveni, Yoweri

(Encyclopedia) Museveni, YoweriMuseveni, Yoweriyouˈərē m&oomacr;ˌsəvāˈnē [key], 1944?–, Ugandan political leader, president of Uganda (1986–), b. Ntungamo. He studied economics and political…

Popper, Sir Karl Raimund

(Encyclopedia) Popper, Sir Karl Raimund, 1902–94, Anglo-Austrian philosopher, b. Vienna. He became familiar with the Vienna circle of logical positivists (see logical positivism) while a student at…