(Encyclopedia) Uris, LeonUris, Leony&oobreve;rĭsˈ [key], 1924–2003, American novelist, b. Baltimore. Uris, who wrote many popular novels, is best known for the runaway best seller Exodus (1958),…
(Encyclopedia) Warshel, Arieh, 1940–, Israeli-American chemist, b. Kibbutz Sde Nahum (in what is now Israel), Ph.D. Weizmann Institute, 1969. He has been a professor at the Univ. of Southern…
(Encyclopedia) David, d. c.970 b.c., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 b.c.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel…
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rock group They have been dismissed by critics, who have almost universally panned them, but through their many permutations, Kiss has had a faithful legion of fans (known as the Kiss Army). Those…
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(Encyclopedia) MoabMoabmōˈăb [key], ancient nation located in the uplands E of the Dead Sea, now part of Jordan. The area is unprotected from the east, hence its history is a chain of raids by the…
