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(Encyclopedia) Hofstra University hŏfˈstrə, hôfˈ– [key], at Hempstead, N.Y.; coeducational. Founded as a division of New York Univ. in 1935, it became independent in 1940, and its name was changed to Hofstra ...

(Encyclopedia) Netherlands New Guinea: see Papua.

(Encyclopedia) New Style dates: see calendar.

(Encyclopedia) New Stone Age: see Neolithic period. ...

(Encyclopedia) West New Guinea: see Papua, Indonesia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Dutch New Guinea: see Papua, Indonesia. ...

(Encyclopedia) home schooling, the practice of teaching children in the home as an alternative to attending public or private elementary or high school. In most cases, one or both of the children's parents serve as ...

(Encyclopedia) reincarnation rēˌĭnkärnāˈshən [key] [Lat.,=taking on flesh again], occupation by the soul of a new body after the death of the former body. Beliefs vary as to whether the soul assumes the new b...

(Encyclopedia) Sheldon, Edward Austin, 1823–97, American educator, b. Wyoming co., N.Y., studied at Hamilton College. After illness forced him to cut short his own education, he held a variety of positions in the ...

(Encyclopedia) Limerick, city (1991 pop. 56,083), seat of Co. Limerick, SW Republic of Ireland, at the head of the Shannon estuary. The city has a port with two docks. The primary imports are grain, timber, and coal...