Biography Category
1937–45, conflict between Japanese and Chinese forces for control of the Chinese mainland. The war sapped the Nationalist government’s strength wh...
1929–, American coloratura soprano, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. as Belle Silverman. Her childhood career as a radio singer led to voice studies with Estelle L...
common name for primitive, wingless insects of the family Lepismatidae. The silverfish, which has two long antennae and three long tail bristles, is n...
(s ´k ) (KEY) , in the Bible. 1 Town, SW ancient Palestine, SW of Bethlehem. It is also spelled Shochoh, Shoco, Shocho, Socho, and Sochoh. 2 Town, in...
(sm ´l ) (KEY) , 1857–1940, British labor official, b. Belfast, Ireland, of Scottish parents. He was president of the Scottish Miners’ Federation...
(s m´n l) (KEY) , c.1475–1525, imposter and pretender to the English throne. Little is known of his early life, but before 1486 he caught the atten...