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The 2014 Academy Awards were presented on Feb. 22, 2015, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners are in bold. Best Picture American…
(Encyclopedia) JokneamJokneamjŏkˈnēăm [key], in the Bible, Canaanite royal city, later a Levitical city of Zebulun, SW of Mt. Carmel (in present-day Israel).
(Encyclopedia) Darwin, Erasmus, 1731–1802, English physician and poet. During most of his life he practiced medicine in Lichfield and cultivated a botanical garden. He was a prominent member of the…
(Encyclopedia) Davis, Charles Henry, 1807–77, American naval officer and scientist, b. Boston. Appointed a midshipman in 1823, Davis directed operations of the Coast Survey for a time along the New…
(Encyclopedia) Hinckley, Gordon Bitner, 1910–2008, leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons; see Latter-day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of), b. Salt Lake City, grad. Univ…
(Encyclopedia) Seneca, the elder (Lucius, or Marcus, Annaeus Seneca)Seneca,l&oomacr;ˈshəs, märˈkəs ənēˈəs sĕnˈəkə [key], c.60 b.c.–c.a.d. 37, Roman rhetorician and writer, b. Corduba (present-day…
(Encyclopedia) IbleamIbleamĭbˈlēəm [key], in the Bible, town, ancient Palestine, the present-day Tell Belameh, West Bank. It also appears as Bileam and Gath-rimmon.
(Encyclopedia) ArcoleArcoleärˈkōlā [key], village (1987 est. pop. 4,500), Venetia, N Italy. There, in Nov., 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Austrians in a three-day battle.
