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The Supreme Court: Starting the Abortion Debate

Starting the Abortion DebateThe Supreme CourtBurger CourtPolitical Firestorm That FizzledDethroning a PresidentStarting the Abortion DebateActivism Takes Over the Court Long before Roe v.…

Hauptmann, Bruno Richard

(Encyclopedia) Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 1899–1936, convicted kidnapper and murderer, b. Germany. The infant son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh was abducted (Mar. 1, 1932) at Hopewell, N.J.,…

Geertgen tot Sint Jans

(Encyclopedia) Geertgen tot Sint JansGeertgen tot Sint Jansgārtˈgən tôt sĭnt yäns [key], fl. latter half of 15th cent., Dutch painter. Geertgen is the earliest painter of record in Haarlem. He may…

Erikson, Erik

(Encyclopedia) Erikson, Erik, 1902–94, American psychoanalyst, b. Germany. As a young man he traveled throughout Europe. He became a teacher in a Vienna private school and trained as a psychoanalyst…

Metsu, Gabriel

(Encyclopedia) Metsu or Metzu, GabrielMetsu or Metzu, Gabrielboth: gäˈbrēĕl mĕtˈsü [key], 1630?–1667, Dutch genre painter, b. Leiden. In 1657 he moved to Amsterdam, where he remained for the rest of…

Oedipus complex

(Encyclopedia) Oedipus complex, Freudian term, drawn from the myth of Oedipus, designating attraction on the part of the child toward the parent of the opposite sex and rivalry and hostility toward…

McDougall, Alexander

(Encyclopedia) McDougall, AlexanderMcDougall, Alexanderməkd&oomacr;ˈgəl [key], 1731–86, American Revolutionary political leader and general, b. Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. He was taken (1738…

Landau, Lev Davidovich

(Encyclopedia) Landau, Lev DavidovichLandau, Lev Davidovichlyĕf dəvēˈdəvĭch ləndouˈ [key], 1908–68, Soviet physicist, b. Baku, Azerbaijan. A child prodigy in mathematics, he entered Baku Univ. at 14…

age grade and age set

(Encyclopedia) age grade and age set, differentiation of social role based on age, commonly found in small-scale societies of North America and East Africa. Age sets are a type of sodality (…

Busoni, Ferruccio Benvenuto

(Encyclopedia) Busoni, Ferruccio BenvenutoBusoni, Ferruccio Benvenutofār-r&oomacr;tˈchō bānvān&oomacr;ˈtō b&oomacr;zōˈnē [key], 1866–1924, Italian pianist and composer. A child prodigy,…