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Ickes
U.S. social activist and public official. Born in Frankstown Township, Pa., he practiced law in Chicago, doing frequent pro bono work and fighting for municipal reform. As a liberal Republican, he helped swing progressive votes to the Democrats in 1932. Appointed secretary of the interior by F. Roosevelt (1933-46), he fought for the preservation of natural resources against private exploitation. He also headed the Public Works Administration (1933-39), spending over $5 billion on highways, public buildings, and dams. His scrutiny of each project ensured that it was graft-free but delayed the intended economic stimulus.
mackerel
Swift-moving, carnivorous, torpedo-shaped food and sport fishes of temperate and tropical seas worldwide. Mackerels (family Scombridae, order Perciformes) are 1-5.5 ft (30-170 cm) long. The common mackerel (Scomber scombrus) of the N. Atlantic and the chub mackerel (S. colias) of California and the Atlantic are economically important, as are the Indian mackerels (genus Rastrelliger) and the frigate mackerels (genus Auxis). Other species (genus Scomberomorus) are favorite game fish. The name mackerel also refers to certain shark species (see mackerel shark), tuna, and bonito.
rackets
Game for two or four players with ball and racket on a four-walled court. Rackets is played with a hard ball in a relatively large court (approx. 9\u00d7 18 m), unlike the related games of squash and racquetball. As in these other games, the object of rackets is to bounce, or rebound, the ball off the front and other walls in such a way as to defeat an opponent's attempt to reach and return it. It appears to have developed in England in the early 19th cent.
Wace
Anglo-Norman poet. He is known for his two verse chronicles, the Roman de Brut (1155) and the Roman de Rou (1160-74), named respectively after the reputed founders of the Britons and Normans. The Brut is a romanticized account of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae. Its many fanciful additions (incl. the story of Arthur's Round Table) were important in the development of the Arthurian legend, and its literary style influenced later verse romances. The Rou, commissioned by Henry II of England, is a history of the Norman dukes c.911-1106.
Wales
Principality, constituting an integral part of the United Kingdom. It occupies a peninsula on the W side of the island of Great Britain. Area: 8,019 sq mi (20,768 sq km). Population (1995 est.): 2,917,000. Capital: Cardiff. The population is of Mediterranean, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and Anglo-Norman ancestry. Languages: English, Welsh. Religions: Secularism; Methodism. Wales is almost entirely an upland area generally known as the Cambrian Mtns. The highest peak in England and Wales, Mt. Snowden, is found in Snowdonia National Park. The Severn, Wye and Dee are the longest rivers. The country mines coal, slate, and lead; imports and refines ...
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