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Balance, The

(Encyclopedia) Balance, The, English name for Libra, a constellation; also called The Scales.

Owl and the Nightingale, The

(Encyclopedia) Owl and the Nightingale, The, Middle English poem written probably by Nicholas de Guildford of Dorsetshire about the beginning of the 13th cent. Written in 2,000 lines of octosyllabic…

Roberts, John Glover, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Roberts, John Glover, Jr., 1955–, American public official, 17th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2005–), b. Buffalo, N.Y., grad. Harvard (B.A. 1976, J.D. 1979). He clerked (…

Rice, Condoleezza

(Encyclopedia) Rice, Condoleezza, 1954–, U.S. government official and educator, b. Birmingham, Ala. A political scientist who has specialized in Russian and E European studies, Rice has been a…

Rand, the

(Encyclopedia) Rand, the: see Witwatersrand.

Rockies, the

(Encyclopedia) Rockies, the: see Rocky Mountains.

Skaw, the

(Encyclopedia) Skaw, the, Denmark: see Skagen.

pill, the

(Encyclopedia) pill, the: see birth control.

Lusiads, The

(Encyclopedia) Lusiads, The: see Camões, Luís de.

Law, the

(Encyclopedia) Law, the, in Judaism: see Torah.