(Encyclopedia) Giamatti, A. BartlettGiamatti, A. Bartlettjēˌəmätˈē [key], 1938–89, American educator and sports executive, b. Boston. President of Yale Univ. from 1978 to 1986, he was president of…
(Encyclopedia) martial arts, various forms of self-defense, usually weaponless, based on techniques developed in ancient China, India, and Tibet. In modern times they have come into wide use for self…
(Encyclopedia) Culp, Curley,
1946-2021, American football Hall-of-Famer, b. Yuma, Az., Arizona State
Univ. (B.Bus., 1970), Univ. of Houston (M.A., 1990…
(Encyclopedia) Bach, Thomas, 1953–, German sports executive, b. Würzberg. A lawyer and businessman, he won a gold medal in team fencing representing West Germany in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Bach…
(Encyclopedia) Brent, outer borough of Greater
London, SE England. The area is a rail and industrial center. Its
manufactures include automobile parts…
(Encyclopedia) gambling or gaming, betting of money or valuables on, and often participation in, games of chance (some involving degrees of skill). In England and in the United States, gambling was…
(Encyclopedia) megachurch, large Protestant church with an average weekly attendance of 2,000 or more; relatively uncommon until after 1970. In the United States, where most megachurches are located…
(Encyclopedia) HeiligenblutHeiligenbluthīˌlĭgənbl&oomacr;tˈ [key] [Ger.,=holy blood], village, Carinthia prov., SW Austria, at the foot of the Grossglockner. It is a winter sports and mountain-…
(Encyclopedia) McPhee, John Angus, 1931–, American journalist and nonfiction writer, b. Princeton, N.J., A.B. Princeton, 1953. He was an editor at Time magazine (1957–64) before becoming (1965) a…
