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Museveni, Yoweri

(Encyclopedia) Museveni, YoweriMuseveni, Yoweriyouˈərē m&oomacr;ˌsəvāˈnē [key], 1944?–, Ugandan political leader, president of Uganda (1986–), b. Ntungamo. He studied economics and political…

Trollope, Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Trollope, AnthonyTrollope, Anthonytrŏlˈəp [key], 1815–82, one of the great English novelists. After spending seven unhappy years in London as a clerk in the general post office, he…

Popper, Sir Karl Raimund

(Encyclopedia) Popper, Sir Karl Raimund, 1902–94, Anglo-Austrian philosopher, b. Vienna. He became familiar with the Vienna circle of logical positivists (see logical positivism) while a student at…

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Puritanism

(Encyclopedia) Puritanism, in the 16th and 17th cent., a movement for reform in the Church of England that had a profound influence on the social, political, ethical, and theological ideas of England…

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David DaleMarcus DalyThomas DanforthHerbert Joseph DavenportEdward DavyCharles Gates DawesGerard DebreuJohn DeereAmasa DelanoOscar de la RentaWarren de la RueMichael DellWilliam Edwards…

Poetry for Summer

And an oily smoke that rolls through the trees/ into the night of the last American summer . . . —Major Jackson compiled by David Johnson The summer's flower is to the…

Roth, Philip

(Encyclopedia) Roth, Philip (Philip Milton Roth), 1933–2018, American author, one of the most important novelists of the 20th cent., b. Newark, N.J., B.A. Bucknell Univ., 1954, M.A. Univ. of Chicago…