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111Ateste — /euh tes tee/, n. ancient name of Este. * * * ▪ ancient site, Italy an ancient town of northern Italy, and the predecessor of the modern day town of Este. In antiquity Ateste occupied a commanding position beside the Adige River (which… …
112Ludlow — /lud loh/, n. 1. a town in S Salop, in W England: agricultural market center. 23,481. 2. a town in S Massachusetts. 18,150. /lud loh/, Typesetting, Trademark. a brand of machine for casting slugs from matrices handset in a composing stick. * * *… …
113Bernard, Claude — born July 12, 1813, Saint Julien, France died Feb. 10, 1878, Paris French physiologist. He taught at several major French institutions and was named a senator in 1869. He discovered the role of the pancreas in digestion, the glycogenic function… …
114Ebert, Friedrich — born Feb. 4, 1871, Heidelberg, Ger. died Feb. 28, 1925, Berlin German politician. A journeyman saddler and trade unionist, he became chairman of the German Social Democratic Party in 1913. Under his leadership, the Social Democratic movement… …
115Dunbar, Battle of — ▪ British history (Sept. 3, 1650), decisive engagement in the English Civil Wars, in which English troops commanded by Oliver Cromwell (Cromwell, Oliver) defeated the Scottish army, thereby opening Scotland to 10 years of English occupation …
116Theodore Roosevelt: Controlling the Trusts — ▪ Primary Source Theodore Roosevelt s ability to coin the right phrases and to grasp the essence of the public mood made him one of the most popular and effective presidents of this century. Known in the history books as the trustbuster,… …
117Maspha — • Name of several places in the Bible Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Maspha Maspha † …
118Nubia — • A detailed history of Nubia, with emphasis on the religious aspects (primarily Christian and Catholic) of its culture Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Nubia Nubia …
119Abbey of Engelberg — Abbey of Engelberg † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Abbey of Engelberg A Benedictine monastery in Switzerland, formerly in the Diocese of Constance, but now in that of Chur. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Angels and occupies a commanding …
120Oliver Partridge — (1712 1792) was a military commander and politician in colonial America. He represented Massachusetts at the Albany Congress of 1754, and at the Stamp Act Congress of 1765. He was also the first senior military commander of Massachusetts.… …
