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(John Ducas Vatatzes) (d ´k s v t t´z z) (KEY) , d. 1254, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea (1222–54), successor and son-in-law of Theodore I. He extend...
ultraconservative, anti-Communist organization in the United States. It was founded in Dec., 1958, by manufacturer Robert Welch and named after John B...
(Phyllis Dorothy James White, Baroness James of Holland Park), 1920–, English mystery novelist, b. Oxford, England. From 1964 to 1979 she worked in ...
1 Unnavigable river, 710 mi (1,143 km) long, rising in central N.Dak. and flowing across S.Dak. to the Missouri River at Yankton, S.Dak. Jamestown Dam...
(kr s´ st m, kr s s´–) (KEY) [Gr.,=golden-mouth], c.347–407, Doctor of the Church, one of the greatest of the Greek Fathers. He was born in Ant...
(John the Great), 1357?–1433, king of Portugal (1385–1433), illegitimate son of Peter I. He was made (1364) grand master of the Knights of Aviz an...