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(Encyclopedia) Ingoldsby, Thomas: see Barham, Richard Harris. ...

(Encyclopedia) Garnett, Constance (Black): see Garnett, Richard. ...

(Encyclopedia) Wallace Collection: see under Wallace, Sir Richard. ...

(Encyclopedia)  Starr, Ringo (b. Richard Starkey): see Beatles, The. ...

(Encyclopedia) ransom, price of redemption demanded by the captor of a person, vessel, or city. In ancient times cities frequently paid ransom to prevent their plundering by captors. The custom of ransoming was form...

(Encyclopedia) Moab mōˈăb [key], ancient nation located in the uplands E of the Dead Sea, now part of Jordan. The area is unprotected from the east, hence its history is a chain of raids by the Bedouin. The Moabi...

(Encyclopedia) Jabotinsky, Vladimir yăbˌətĭnˈskē [key], 1880–1940, Jewish Zionist leader, b. Russia. A fiery orator and an accomplished writer in several languages, he was a militant Zionist and a persistent...

(Encyclopedia) Bet Shean bāt shĭänˈ [key], town, NE Israel, in the Jordan River valley, c.300 ft (90 m) below ...

(Encyclopedia) Elat or Eilat both: āˈlät [key] [Heb.,=trees], city, S Israel, a port on the Gulf of Aqaba, ...

(Encyclopedia) Falluja, Al äl fälo͞oˈjə [key], town, Anbar prov., central Iraq, on the Euphrates. A strategic city ...