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(Encyclopedia) Rolla rŏlˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 14,090), seat of Phelps co., S central Mo.; inc. 1861. It is a regional center for a livestock and farming area of the Ozarks. Apparel, roof and floor trusses, ch...

(Encyclopedia) Roscius, Quintus kwĭnˈtəs rŏshˈəs [key], c.126 b.c.–62 b.c., Roman actor. Born a slave at Solonium, he became the greatest comic actor of his time. From the dictator Sulla, Roscius received th...

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Amant, Marc-Antoine de Gérard, Sieur de märk-äNtwänˈ də zhārärˈ, syör də săNtämäNˈ [key], 1594–1661, French lyric poet. After establishing himself through public readings in Par...

(Encyclopedia) Barnabas, Saint bärˈnəbəs [key], Christian apostle. He was a Cypriot and a relative of St. Mark; his forename was Joseph. Several passages in the New Testament relate that Barnabas was a teacher a...

(Encyclopedia) Galeed mĭzˈpə [key], in the Bible, cairn, raised by Jacob and Laban to mark their covenant. The so-called Mizpah benediction given here was a mutual warning, not a blessing. ...

(Encyclopedia) Yankton, city (1990 pop. 12,703), seat of Yankton co., extreme SE S.Dak., on the Missouri River; inc. 1869. A railroad and trade center in an agricultural region, it has grain elevators, creameries, a...

(Encyclopedia) Fort Washington, military post during the American Revolution, situated on the highest point of Manhattan island, New York City, overlooking the Hudson River opposite Fort Lee, N.J. It was a hastily b...

(Encyclopedia) Gadara gădˈərə [key], ancient city of the Decapolis, the modern Umm Qays (Jordan), SE of the Sea of Galilee. Extensive ruins mark the site. This Gadara must be distinguished from Gadara, the capit...

(Encyclopedia) Boring, Edwin Garrigues gărˈĭgyo͞ozˌ [key], 1886–1968, American psychologist, b. Philadephia. He taught experimental psychology at Clark Univ. (from 1919) and at Harvard (1922–68). Boring was...

(Encyclopedia) Smith College, at Northampton, Mass.; undergraduate for women, graduate coeducational; chartered 1871, opened 1875 through a bequest of Sophia Smith. The first president, Laurenus Clark Seelye, was in...