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(Encyclopedia) Harley, Robert, 1st earl of Oxford, 1661–1724, English statesman and bibliophile. His career illustrates the power of personal connections and intrigue in the politics of his day. When he entered (1...
(Encyclopedia) Gogarty, Oliver St. John gōˈgərtē [key], 1878–1957, Irish author. A physician, he also served (1922–36) in the parliament of the Irish Free State. Gogarty is perhaps best known as the model fo...
(Encyclopedia) Tara târˈə [key], village, Co. Meath, E Republic of Ireland. The Hill of Tara (507 ft/155 m high) was the seat of the high kings of Ireland from ancient times until the 6th cent. and may have been ...
(Encyclopedia) St. Vitus's dance: see chorea.
(Encyclopedia) Crenshaw, Kimberlé,
1959–, American legal scholar and critical race theorist, b. Canton,
Ohio, J.D. Harvard University, 1984. An influential writer o...
(Encyclopedia) Northern Pacific Railway, former American rail line, following the northern route from Duluth and St. Paul, Minn., to Seattle, Wash., and Portland, Oreg. The Northern Pacific RR Company was chartered ...
(Encyclopedia) Charlestown, town on the island of
Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies. Charlestown is the chief town and
port of the island. Sugar processing is th...
(Encyclopedia) Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount: see St. John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke.
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(Encyclopedia) Varese värāˈzā [key], city (1991 pop. 85,687), capital of Varese prov., Lombardy, N Italy, near the Swiss border. Situated in the Alpine foothills, near several Italian lakes, it is a popular tour...
(Encyclopedia) St. Denis, Ruth sānt dĕnˈĭs [key], 1877–1968, American dancer, b. Newark, N.J., whose name was originally Ruth Dennis. After her debut (c.1893) she toured with David Belasco. In 1906 she began h...