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pill, the

(Encyclopedia)pill, the: see birth control.

Mortimer, Roger de, 4th earl of March and 2d earl of Ulster

(Encyclopedia)Mortimer, Roger de, 4th earl of March and 2d earl of Ulster, 1374–98, English nobleman. He succeeded (1381) his father, Edmund de Mortimer, 3d earl of March, and was brought up as a royal ward. In 1...

Lusiads, The

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

Law, the

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

Naze, the

(Encyclopedia)Naze, the, cape: see Lindesnes, Norway. ...

Y, the

(Encyclopedia)Y, the: see Young Men's Christian Association. ...

Web, the

(Encyclopedia)Web, the: see World Wide Web.

Narrows, the

(Encyclopedia)Narrows, the, strait: see New York Bay. ...

Sound, the

(Encyclopedia)Sound, the: see Øresund, Denmark and Sweden. ...

Frederick I, elector of Brandenburg

(Encyclopedia)Frederick I, 1371–1440, elector of Brandenburg (1415–40), first of the Hohenzollerns (see Hohenzollern, family) to rule Brandenburg. As Frederick VI, burgrave of Nuremburg, he served under King Si...