(Encyclopedia) Castiglione, Baldassare, ConteCastiglione, Baldassare, Contebäldäs-säˈrā kōnˈtā kästēlyōˈnā [key], 1478–1529, Italian soldier, author, and statesman attached to the court of the duke…
(Encyclopedia) Bradley, Bill (William Warren Bradley), 1943–, American athlete and politician, b. Crystal City, Mo. He first gained wide attention as an All-America basketball player at Princeton.…
(Encyclopedia) Southcott, JoannaSouthcott, Joannasouthˈkət [key], 1750–1814, English religious visionary. Uneducated, even illiterate, she spent her earlier years in domestic service. She began c.…
(Encyclopedia) MilloMillomĭlˈō [key], in the Bible, fortification, N Jerusalem, built in the time of David. At Shechem there was a similar fortification called Beth-millo.
(Encyclopedia) AgabusAgabusăgˈəbəs [key], in the New Testament, prophet who foretold the famine in the time of Claudius Caesar and the imprisonment of Paul.
(Encyclopedia) golden parachute, a contract given to top executives of a corporation to provide benefits in case of job loss due to a takeover by another firm or a merger. The unusually generous…
(Encyclopedia) Bradshaw, George, 1801–53, English map engraver and the originator of railway guides. Bradshaw's Railway Time-Tables, first published in 1839, became Bradshaw's Monthly Railway Guide (…
(Encyclopedia) TatnaiTatnaitătˈnāī [key], in the Bible, Persian governor of the province W of the Euphrates at the time of Zerubbabel. He opposed the rebuilding of the Temple.
(Encyclopedia) cycle, in astronomy, period of time required for the recurrence of some celestial event. The length of a cycle may be measured relative to the sun or to the fixed stars (see sidereal…
(Encyclopedia) Dodd, William, 1729–77, English author. At one time king's chaplain, he ran heavily into debt, forged a bond, and was sentenced to death. Dr. Johnson led a movement to obtain clemency…
