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51Chicago Race Riot of 1919 — Most severe of about 25 race riots throughout the U.S. in the summer after World War I. Racial friction was intensified by the migration of African Americans to the North. On Chicago s South Side, the African American population had increased in… …
52Baxter, Richard — ▪ English minister born November 12, 1615, Rowton, Shropshire, England died December 8, 1691, London Puritan minister who influenced 17th century English Protestantism. Known as a peacemaker who sought unity among the clashing Protestant… …
53Comte, Auguste — ▪ French philosopher Introduction in full Isidore auguste marie françois xavier Comte born January 19, 1798, Montpellier, France died September 5, 1857, Paris French philosopher known as the founder of sociology and of Positivism. Comte gave… …
54Cunningham, Kate Richards O'Hare — ▪ American reformer née Kathleen Richards born March 26, 1877, near Ada, Ottawa county, Kansas, U.S. died Jan. 10, 1948, Benicia, Calif. American socialist and reformer whose vocal political activism led to a brief prison stint and a… …
55Johnson, Hiram — ▪ American politician born Sept. 2, 1866, Sacramento, Calif., U.S. died Aug. 6, 1945, Bethesda, Md. reform governor of California (1911–17) and a U.S. senator for 28 years (1917–45), a Progressive Republican and later a staunch isolationist.… …
56Lecky, William Edward Hartpole — ▪ Irish historian born March 26, 1838, Newtown Park, near Dublin, Ire. died Oct. 22, 1903, London, Eng. Irish historian of rationalism and European morals whose study of Georgian England became a classic. Lecky was educated at… …
57philosophy, Western — Introduction history of Western philosophy from its development among the ancient Greeks to the present. This article has three basic purposes: (1) to provide an overview of the history of philosophy in the West, (2) to relate… …
58Apocatastasis — • A name given in the history of theology to the doctrine which teaches that a time will come when all free creatures will share in the grace of salvation; in a special way, the devils and lost souls Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …
59waste — n 1: destruction of or damage to property that is caused by the act or omission of one (as a lessee, mortgagor, or life tenant) having a lesser estate and is usu. to the injury of another (as an heir, mortgagee, or remainderman) with an interest… …
60permissive waste — noun The legally compensable destruction of the value of property through the failure of a life tenant to maintain the property to the point where it falls into disrepair. See Also: affirmative waste, ameliorative waste …
