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What Colors Mean

We live in a colorful world. In many countries, colors represent various holidays; they are also used to express feelings and enliven language. Find your favorite color and see what it means…

January 2008 Current Events

Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World | Nation | Business/…

Archaeologists

People in the NewsRecent ObituariesBiographies by Category Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, Italian adventurer and antiquities dealer Bent, James Theodore, English explorer and archaeologist Bingham,…

Dampier, William

(Encyclopedia) Dampier, WilliamDampier, Williamdămˈpēr [key], 1651–1715, English explorer, buccaneer, hydrographer, and naturalist. He fought (1673) in the Dutch War, managed a plantation in Jamaica…

Haig, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl

(Encyclopedia) Haig, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl, 1861–1928, British field marshal. He saw active service in Sudan (1898) and in the South African War (1899–1902) and upon the outbreak of World War I (…

jurisprudence

(Encyclopedia) jurisprudencejurisprudencej&oobreve;rˌĭspr&oomacr;dˈəns [key], study of the nature and the origin and development of law. It is variously regarded as a branch of ethics or of…

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

(Encyclopedia) Mackintosh, Charles RennieMackintosh, Charles Renniemăkˈəntŏshˌ [key], 1868–1928, Scottish architect, artist, and furniture designer. Probably the greatest architect and designer…

Kopit, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Kopit, Arthur, 1937-2021, American playwright, b. New York, New York, as Arthur Lee Koenig, Harvard Univ. (BS, 1959). Kopit’s parents…