(Encyclopedia) civil service, entire body of those employed in the civil administration as distinct from the military and excluding elected officials. The term was used in designating the British…
(Encyclopedia) name. Personal identifying names are found in every known culture, and they often pass from one language to another. Hence the occurrence of Native American place names throughout the…
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(Encyclopedia) Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), revolutionary industrial union organized in Chicago in 1905 by delegates from the Western Federation of Mines, which formed the nucleus of the…
(Encyclopedia) Mancini, Laura, duchesse de MercœurMancini, Laura, duchesse de Mercœurlouˈrä mänchēˈnē düshĕsˈ də mĕrcûrˈ [key], 1636–57, eldest of five famous sisters, nieces of Cardinal Mazarin, who…
(Encyclopedia) TurinTurint&oobreve;rˈĭn, ty&oobreve;rˈ–, ty&oobreve;rĭnˈ [key], Ital. Torino, city (1991 pop. 962,507), capital of Piedmont and of Turin prov., NW Italy, at the confluence…
(Encyclopedia) Tchaikovsky, Peter IlyichTchaikovsky, Peter Ilyichĭlyēchˈ chīkôfˈskē [key], 1840–93, Russian composer, b. Kamsko-Votkinsk. Variant transliterations of his name include Tschaikovsky and…
(Encyclopedia) oratory, the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which meant the art of composing as well as…
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