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81Thomas, R.S. — ▪ British poet in full Ronald Stuart Thomas born March 29, 1913, Cardiff, Glamorgan [now in Cardiff], Wales died September 25, 2000, Llanfairynghornwy, Gwynedd Welsh clergyman and poet whose lucid, austere verse expresses an undeviating… …
82Wells, H.G. — ▪ British author Introduction in full Herbert George Wells born , Sept. 21, 1866, Bromley, Kent, Eng. died Aug. 13, 1946, London English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian best known for such science fiction novels as The Time… …
83Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …
84Martin Van Buren: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, March 4, 1837 The practice of all my predecessors imposes on me an obligation I cheerfully fulfill to accompany the first and solemn act of my public trust with an avowal of the principles that will guide me… …
85right — / rīt/ n [Old English riht, from riht righteous] 1 a: qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval b: something that is morally just able to… …
86straight — 1. adjective a) Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length. I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. I admire them much more if they are tall, straight and flourishing. b) Of a path, trajectory etc.: direct,… …
87DAWES, William (c. 1758-1836) — pioneer and scientist son of Benjamin Dawes, afterwards clerk of works at Portsmouth, was born probably about the year 1758. He entered the navy and was given a commission as second lieutenant, royal marines, in September 1779. He was on the… …
88FELTON, Alfred (1831-1904) — public benefactor was born at Maldon, Essex, on 8 December 1831. He came to Victoria on the ship California in 1853, no doubt intending to search for gold, but there is no record of what success he had. In 1857 he was in business in Collins… …
89comparable — I (capable of comparison) adjective akin, alike, analagous, analogical, approximate, associated, close, cognate, commensurable, comparabilis, congeneric, correlative, homogeneous, homologous, kindred, like, much the same, parallel, related,… …
90Atropa — A genus of plants (family Solanaceae) of which A. belladonna is typical. See belladonna. [G. Atropos, one of the Fates cutting the thread of life, because of the lethal effects of the plant] * * * At·ro·pa a trə pə n a genus of Eurasian and… …