(Encyclopedia) DelugeDelugedĕlˈy&oomacr;j [key], in the Bible, the overwhelming flood that covered the earth and destroyed every living thing except the family of Noah and the creatures in his…
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1 Esdras Chapter 2 1 In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord might be accomplished, that he had promised by the mouth of Jeremy; 2 The Lord…
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1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them…
(Encyclopedia) Constantinople, Second Council of, 553, regarded generally as the fifth ecumenical council. It was convened by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I to settle the dispute known as the Three…
Dave Van RonkAge: 65 folk singer whose broad knowledge of jazz, folk, and blues earned him the nickname “Mayor of Greenwich Village.” He is considered largely responsible for the folk revival…
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wife of Abradatus, King of Susa. Abradatus joined the Assyrians against Cyrus, and his wife was taken captive. Cyrus refused to visit her, that he might not be tempted by her beauty to…
Elijah J. McCoyBorn: 1843Birthplace: Colchester, Ontario, Canada Improvement in lubricators for steam engines—McCoy, a mechanical engineer from Detroit, Mich., developed an automatic…
The Question: I roughly recall that the motto of the U.S. Postal Service is in part, "Neither snow nor rain nor dark of night . . ." How does the rest go? Who wrote it? And…
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