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Quine, W. V.

(Encyclopedia)Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman Quine) kwīn [key], 1908–2000, American philosopher and mathematical logician, b. Akron, Ohio, grad. Oberlin, 1930. He studied at Harvard (Ph.D., 1932) under Alfred N...

New York Times Company v. Sullivan

(Encyclopedia)New York Times Company v. Sullivan, case decided in 1964 by the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1960, the Times ran a fundraising advertisement signed by civil-rights leaders that criticized, among other thing...

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.

(Encyclopedia)Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans., case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954. Linda Brown was denied admission to her local elementary school in Topeka because she was black. When, com...

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

(Encyclopedia)Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, case decided in 1978 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court held in a closely divided decision that race could be one of the factors considered in choos...

Jerubbaal

(Encyclopedia)Jerubbaal jĕrˈəbāl [key]: see Gideon. ...

Jerubbesheth

(Encyclopedia)Jerubbesheth jērŭbˈēshĕth [key]: see Gideon. ...

Gedeon

(Encyclopedia)Gedeon gĕdˈēən [key], the same as Gideon. ...

Oreb

(Encyclopedia)Oreb ōˈrĕb [key], in the Bible, Midianite prince defeated by Gideon. ...

Zalmunna

(Encyclopedia)Zalmunna zălmŭnˈə [key], in the Bible, Midianite king, conquered by Gideon. ...

Zebah

(Encyclopedia)Zebah zēˈbə [key], in the Bible, Midianite king conquered by Gideon. ...