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Bonds, Barry Lamar
(Encyclopedia)Bonds, Barry Lamar, 1964–, American baseball player, b. Riverside, Calif. Bonds grew up surrounded by baseball; his father, Bobby Bonds, was a San Francisco Giants outfielder (1968–74), and the gr...Chilion
(Encyclopedia)Chilion kĭlˈyŏn [key], in the Bible, Ruth's brother-in-law. ...Orpah
(Encyclopedia)Orpah ôrˈpə [key], in the Bible, sister-in-law of Ruth. ...Naomi
(Encyclopedia)Naomi nāōˈmē, –mī, nāˈō– [key], in the Bible, Ruth's mother-in-law. ...Boaz
(Encyclopedia)Boaz bōˈăz [key], in the Bible, Ruth's husband, ancestor of David. The spelling in the New Testament is Booz. ...Sesame Workshop
(Encyclopedia)Sesame Workshop: see Cooney, Joan Ganz. ...Children's Television Workshop
(Encyclopedia)Children's Television Workshop: see Cooney, Joan Ganz. ...Jeanne d'Arc
(Encyclopedia)Jeanne d'Arc: see Joan of Arc.Jesse
(Encyclopedia)Jesse jĕsˈē [key], in the Bible, the descendant of Rahab, the grandson of Boaz and Ruth, and the father of David. Referring to the restoration of the Davidic monarchy, the Book of Isaiah speaks of ...Thompson, Guy Lawrence
(Encyclopedia)Thompson, Guy Lawrence, 1897–1970, English surgeon, writer, and naturalist, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, he wrote Eric and Joan (1960), an account...Browse by Subject
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