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Keokuk
(1790?-1848?) Sauk Indian orator and politician. Born near present-day Rock Island, Ill., he engaged in a lifelong struggle for power with Black Hawk, who advocated resistance to white settlement on tribal lands. For his refusal to fight U.S. forces, the government named Keokuk leader of the Sauk nation in 1837. He continued to give away land until the Sauk and Fox had to settle on a Kansas reservation. Though wealthy and powerful, he died in disgrace among his people.


Kleist
German writer. He served seven years in the Prussian army, and his work first attracted attention when he was in prison accused as a spy. The grim and intense drama Penthesilia (1808) contains some of his most powerful poetry, and The Broken Pitcher (1808) is a masterpiece of dramatic comedy; they were followed by Katherine of Heilbronn (1810), Die Hermannsschlacht (1821), and The Prince of Homburg (1821). In 1811 he published a collection of eight masterly novellas, incl. Michael Kohlhaas, The Earthquake in Chile, and The Marquise of O. Embittered by a lack of recognition, he ended his unhappy life in a joint suicide with a young woman at 34. He is now considered the first of the great 19th-cent. German dramatists, and his disturbing and densely written fictions are widely admired by writers.


Knesset
(Hebrew: "Assembly") Unicameral national legislature of Israel. The first Knesset opened in 1949. Its name and the number of its seats (120) are based on the Jewish assembly of biblical times; its traditions and organization are based on the Zionist Congress, the political system of the Jewish community in pre-Israel Palestine, and more loosely the British House of Commons. Its members are elected by proportional representation for four-year terms; candidates are chosen by their parties.


Leeds
City (metro. area pop., 1995 est.: 725,000), W. Yorkshire, England. It lies along the River Aire, northeast of Manchester. It originated as an Anglo-Saxon township and was incorporated as a city in 1626, becoming an early center of the woolen industry. The completion in 1816 of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal stimulated its growth, and the end of the century saw rapid expansion in the factory production of ready-made clothing. It is the seat of the Univ. of Leeds.


leek
Hardy, vigorous, biennial plant (Allium porrum) of the lily family, native to the E Mediterranean and the Middle East. It has a mild, sweet, onionlike flavor. It is widely used in European soups and stews, and is cooked whole as a vegetable. It became the national emblem of Wales following an ancient victory by an army of Welshmen who wore leeks as a distinguishing sign. The long, narrow leaves and nearly cylindrical bulb of the first season are replaced in the second season by a tall solid stalk bearing leaves and a large umbel with many flowers.

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