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Daley, Richard Michael

(Encyclopedia)Daley, Richard Michael: see under Daley, Richard Joseph. ...

Daley, William Michael

(Encyclopedia)Daley, William Michael: see under Daley, Richard Joseph. ...

Égalité, Philippe

(Encyclopedia)Égalité, Philippe: see Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'. ...

Philippe Égalité

(Encyclopedia)Philippe Égalité: see Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'. ...

Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

(Encyclopedia)Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs: see Rotblat, Sir Joseph. ...

Heli

(Encyclopedia)Heli hēˈlī [key], in the New Testament, father of St. Joseph. ...

Joanna, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Joanna, in the New Testament. 1 Wife of Herod's steward Chuza. She was a follower of Jesus and was one who found the tomb empty. 2 Ancestor of St. Joseph. ...

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

(Encyclopedia)Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum was designed by Gordon Bunshaft to house 6,000 pieces of the enormous art collection amassed by ...

nitrogen

(Encyclopedia)nitrogen nīˈtrəjən [key], gaseous chemical element; symbol N; at. no. 7; interval in which at. wt. ranges 14.00643–14.00728; m.p. −209.86℃; b.p. −195.8℃; density 1.25 grams per liter at ...

Atad

(Encyclopedia)Atad āˈtăd [key], in the Bible, name of the unidentified threshing floor where Joseph and his brethren mourned the death of Jacob. ...