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Renewed Church of the Brethren

(Encyclopedia)Renewed Church of the Brethren: see Moravian Church. ...

Brothers of the Common Life

(Encyclopedia)Brothers of the Common Life: see Groote, Gerard. ...

White Hill, battle of the

(Encyclopedia)White Hill, battle of the: see White Mountain. ...

Knights of the White Camellia

(Encyclopedia)Knights of the White Camellia: see Ku Klux Klan. ...

Coral Sea, battle of the

(Encyclopedia)Coral Sea, battle of the: see under Coral Sea. ...

Brotherhood of the New Life

(Encyclopedia)Brotherhood of the New Life: see Harris, Thomas Lake. ...

Philip, chief of the Wampanoags

(Encyclopedia)Philip (King Philip), chief of the Wampanoags: see King Philip's War. ...

over-the-counter

(Encyclopedia)over-the-counter, method of buying and selling securities outside the organized stock exchange. Unlike an organized stock exchange, the over-the-counter market is composed of dealers who negotiate mos...

Anderson, Mary

(Encyclopedia)Anderson, Mary, 1872–1964, American labor expert, chief (1919–44) of the Women's Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Labor, b. Sweden. She emigrated to the United States in 1888. After some years as an industri...

O'Neill of the Maine, Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron

(Encyclopedia)O'Neill of the Maine, Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron, 1914–90, Ulster Unionist politician. A member of one of the oldest Protestant families in Ireland, he entered the Northern Ireland Parliament in 1...