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liberal movement within American Protestantism that attempted to apply biblical teachings to problems associated with industrialization. It took form ...
(j vän´n bät s´tä p äts t´tä) (KEY) , 1682–1754, Italian painter. An exponent of the Venetian school, Piazzetta combined soft colors with a...
research and education center, at Washington, D.C.; founded 1846 under terms of the will of James Smithson of London, who in 1829 bequeathed his fortu...
(sn ´d n) (KEY) , 1864–1937, British statesman. Born to poverty, he was a civil service clerk until crippled by a spinal ailment. Resigning in 1893...
(s kh t - ly n´y ) (KEY) , mountain range, c.625 mi (990 km) long, S Russian Far East. It is composed of a series of ridges lying between the Sea of ...
(Orenthal James Simpson), 1947–, American football player, b. San Francisco. As a running back for the Univ. of Southern California, he won the Heis...