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 North…
(Encyclopedia) poet laureatepoet laureatelôˈrēĭt [key], title conferred in Britain by the monarch on a poet whose duty it is to write commemorative odes and verse. It is an outgrowth of the medieval…
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Ireland, Republic of, Gaelic, Eire, republic (2015 est. pop. 4,700,000), 27,136 sq mi (70,282 sq km). It occupies all but the northeastern corner of the island of Ireland in the…
(Encyclopedia) navy, originally, all ships of a nation, whether for war or commerce; the term navy now designates only such vessels as are built and maintained specifically for war. There have been…
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(Encyclopedia) capital punishment, imposition of a penalty of death by the state.
Since the 1970s almost all capital sentences in the United States have been imposed for homicide. There has been…
(Encyclopedia) hymn, song of praise, devotion, or thanksgiving, especially of a religious character (see also cantata).
Early Christian hymnody consisted mainly of the Psalms and the great canticles…
