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Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer. Born to a wealthy family, he quickly established a brilliant career in law and plunged into politics, then rife with factionalism and conspiracy. He was elected consul in 63 BC. Of his speeches, perhaps the best known are those he made against Catiline, whose uprising he foiled. He vainly tried to uphold republican principles in the civil wars that destroyed the Roman republic. After the death of Julius Caesar he delivered his 14 Philippic orations against Mark Antony. When the triumvirate of Antony, Octavian (later Augustus), and Marcus Lepidus was formed, he was executed. His extant works include 58 orations and over 900 letters, as well as many poems, philosophical and political treatises, and books of rhetoric. He is remembered as the greatest Roman orator and the innovator of what became known as Ciceronian rhetoric, which remained the foremost rhetorical model for many centuries.
Giers
Russian foreign minister in the reign of Alexander III. Succeeding A. Gorchakov as foreign minister in 1882, he tried to maintain the Three Emperors' League with Germany and Austria-Hungary, but when it lapsed (1887) he negotiated the Reinsurance Treaty with Germany only. When that alliance was not renewed (1890), he concluded a formal Russo-French agreement (1894) that became the basis for the Russo-Franco-British alliance against the Central Powers in World War I.
Grierson
Anglo-Irish civil servant and linguist. While holding a succession of British government posts in Bengal (1873-98), Grierson carried out pioneering research on S. Asian, particularly Indo-Aryan, languages. In 1898 he began work on the 19-volume Linguistic Survey of India, and spent the next 30 years publishing data on hundreds of languages and dialects. While his work was of enormous value, his hypothetical linguistic constructs such as "Rajasthani," "Bihari," and "Lahnda" tended to be regarded as real languages by nonspecialists, and obscured both S. Asians' own notions of what they spoke and other possible interpretations of the data.
racer
Any of several slender, swift snakes (subspecies of Coluber constrictor, family Colubridae) of N. and Central America and Asia. Racers have a long tail, big eyes, and smooth scales. Color and pattern vary among subspecies, some of which grow to 6 ft (1.8 m) long. Among the fastest of snakes, racers can move at 3.5 mph (5.6 kpm). They hold down their prey, usually a small warm-blooded animal, by the weight of their coils and then swallow it. If cornered, they vibrate the tail and strike repeatedly with a sideways motion that tears a victim's skin. See also black snake.
Ribera
Spanish painter and printmaker. Though born in Spain, where he is said to have trained under F. Ribalta, he spent most of his life in Naples (then a Spanish possession). Most of his works are of religious subjects. Dramatic light and ...
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