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Oren Ethelbirt LONG, Congress, HI (1889-1965)

Senate Years of Service: 1959-1963Party: DemocratLONG, Oren Ethelbirt, a Senator from Hawaii; born in Altoona, Wilson County, Kans., March 4, 1889; attended the public schools; graduated from…

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(Encyclopedia) noun [Lat.,=name], in English, part of speech of vast semantic range. It can be used to name a person, place, thing, idea, or time. It generally functions as subject, object, or…

Lion, The

(Encyclopedia) Lion, The, English name for Leo, a constellation.

Law, the

(Encyclopedia) Law, the, in Judaism: see Torah.

Lizard, The

(Encyclopedia) Lizard, The, peninsula, Cornwall, SW England. Its southern extremity (the southernmost point of Great Britain) is called Lizard Point or Lizard Head. The coast has colored serpentine…

Lusiads, The

(Encyclopedia) Lusiads, The: see Camões, Luís de.

Arctic, the

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Arctic, the northernmost area of the earth, centered on the North Pole. The arctic regions are not coextensive with the area enclosed by the Arctic Circle (lat. 66°30′N) but are…

Archer, The

(Encyclopedia) Archer, The, English name for Sagittarius, a constellation.

Narrows, the

(Encyclopedia) Narrows, the, strait: see New York Bay.

Mountain, the

(Encyclopedia) Mountain, the, in French history, the label applied to deputies sitting on the raised left benches in the National Convention during the French Revolution. Members of the faction,…