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Boyle, Richard, 1st earl of Cork

(Encyclopedia) Boyle, Richard, 1st earl of Cork, 1566–1643, English settler in Ireland. He first went to Ireland in 1588 and in 1602 purchased for a small sum Sir Walter Raleigh's large landholdings…

jaeger

(Encyclopedia) jaegerjaegeryāˈgər [key], common name for several members of the family Stercorariidae, member of a family of hawklike sea birds closely related to the gull and the tern. The skua is…

Halloween

Monsters, and bats, and Dracula. Oh my!     Monster Guide Abominable Snowman Banshees Chupacabras The Cyclopes…

NFL Football Preview 2000: NFC East

  NFL Preview: NFC East Washington, Dallas, NY Giants, Arizona, Philadelphia   by Mike Morrison   1. Washington—If a player was available in the offseason,…

Cabet, Etienne

(Encyclopedia) Cabet, EtienneCabet, Etienneātyĕnˈ käbāˈ [key], 1788–1856, French utopian socialist. He was elected to the chamber of deputies in 1831, but his bitter attacks on the government…

Smothers Brothers

(Encyclopedia) Smothers Brothers, American comedians, musicians, and TV hosts. Tom (b. February 2, 1937,as Thomas Smothers) and Dick (b. November 20,…

NFL Football Preview - AFC East

AFC East Few would argue that the defending AFC East champion New England Patriots remain the most talented team in the division, despite the loss of virtually their entire corps of running…

Owen, Robert Dale

(Encyclopedia) Owen, Robert Dale, 1801–77, American social reformer, b. Scotland; son of Robert Owen. He studied at his father's New Lanark school and in Switzerland. In 1825 he went to New Harmony,…

Kemp, Jack French

(Encyclopedia) Kemp, Jack French, 1935–2009, American politician and government official, b. Los Angeles. He played football while at Occidental College (grad. 1957) and was a professional…