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Gu Kailai

(Encyclopedia) Gu Kailai: see under Bo Xilai.

peepul

(Encyclopedia) peepulpeepulpēˈpəl [key]: see bo tree.

pipal

(Encyclopedia) pipalpipalpīˈpəl [key]: see bo tree.

Exercise Trends

A Healthy New Year From yoga to Tae-Bo, new exercises for the resolution-minded by Mike Morrison [ Take the Health Trends Quiz ] ODDS ARE YOU'RE ONE of the millions of people…

Rechab

(Encyclopedia) RechabRechabrēˈkăb [key], in the Bible. 1 Eponym of the Rechabites. 2 Murderer of Ish-bo-sheth. 3 Father of a worker on the wall.

Chiltern Hundreds

(Encyclopedia) Chiltern Hundreds, the obsolete (since the 19th cent.) administrative districts of Stoke, Burnham, and Desborough in Buckinghamshire, S central England. The stewardship of the Chiltern…

Li Po

(Encyclopedia) Li PoLi Polē bô [key], Li PaiLi Pailē bī [key], or Li T'ai-poLi T'ai-polē tī-bô [key], c.700–762, Chinese poet of the T'ang dynasty. He was born in what is now Sichuan prov. Most…

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Root, John Wellborn

(Encyclopedia) Root, John Wellborn, 1850–91, American architect, b. Lumpkin, Ga. He worked in New York City with James Renwick and became a partner of D. H. Burnham in Chicago. The firm created the…