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(Encyclopedia)Laoighis, Laois, or Leix all: lāsh, lēsh [key], county (1991 pop. 52,325), 664 sq mi (1,720 sq km), central Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Port Laoise (Maryborough). A part of the central ...Garland, Merrick Brian
(Encyclopedia)Garland, Merrick Brian, 1952–, American government official and judge, b. Chicago, grad. Harvard (A.B. 1974, J.D. 1977). He was special assistant to the U.S. attorney general (1979–81), a lawyer i...Jackson, Ketanji Onyika Brown
(Encyclopedia)Jackson, Ketanji Onyika Brown, American lawyer, jurist, and Supreme Court Justice, b. Washington, D.C., 1970; grad. Harvard-Radcliff (B.A., cum laud...Mukasey, Michael Bernard
(Encyclopedia)Mukasey, Michael Bernard myo͞okāˈzē [key], 1941–, American jurist, b. Bronx, N.Y., grad. Columbia (A.B., 1963), Yale Law School (LL.B., 1967). After being in private practice (1967–72), he was...Donleavy, J. P.
(Encyclopedia)Donleavy, J. P. (James Patrick Donleavy), 1926–2017, Irish-American novelist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., studied Trinity College, Dublin. The son of Irish expatriates, he lived most of his life in Ireland a...Fenian movement
(Encyclopedia)Fenian movement fēˈnēən [key] or Fenians, secret revolutionary society organized c.1858 in Ireland and the United States to achieve Irish independence from England by force. It was known variously...Dinajpur
(Encyclopedia)Dinajpur dĭnäjˈpo͝or [key], city, N Bangladesh, on the Punarbhaba River. It is an important ...Aldridge-Brownhills
(Encyclopedia)Aldridge-Brownhills ôlˈdrĭj-brounˈhĭlz [key], town, Walsall metropolitan district, central England. It was created in 1966 through the merger of two former districts....Halifax, urban area, England
(Encyclopedia)Halifax, urban area, Calderdale metropolitan district, central England, on the Hebble, a small tributary of the Calder River. Halifax is an industrial t...Guildford
(Encyclopedia)Guildford gĭlˈfərd [key], town and district, Surrey, SE England, on the Wey River. The county ...Browse by Subject
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