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St. Vincent, John Jervis, earl of

(Encyclopedia)St. Vincent, John Jervis, earl of: see Jervis, John, earl of St. Vincent. ...

Black Sox scandal

(Encyclopedia)Black Sox scandal, episode in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox, the American League champions, were banned from baseball in 1921 for having conspired with gamblers to throw the 1919 World ...

Mahlon

(Encyclopedia)Mahlon māˈlən [key], in the Bible, Ruth's husband. ...

Bonds, Barry Lamar

(Encyclopedia)Bonds, Barry Lamar, 1964–, American baseball player, b. Riverside, Calif. Bonds grew up surrounded by baseball; his father, Bobby Bonds, was a San Francisco Giants outfielder (1968–74), and the gr...

Chilion

(Encyclopedia)Chilion kĭlˈyŏn [key], in the Bible, Ruth's brother-in-law. ...

Orpah

(Encyclopedia)Orpah ôrˈpə [key], in the Bible, sister-in-law of Ruth. ...

Naomi

(Encyclopedia)Naomi nāōˈmē, –mī, nāˈō– [key], in the Bible, Ruth's mother-in-law. ...

Norman, Montagu Collet, 1st Baron Norman of St. Clere

(Encyclopedia)Norman, Montagu Collet, 1st Baron Norman of St. Clere, 1871–1950, English financier. He was governor of the Bank of England from 1920 to 1944, a tenure of office that broke all tradition. He long fa...

Boaz

(Encyclopedia)Boaz bōˈăz [key], in the Bible, Ruth's husband, ancestor of David. The spelling in the New Testament is Booz. ...

St.-John's-bread

(Encyclopedia)St.-John's-bread: see carob.