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ashcan school

(Encyclopedia)ashcan school: see Eight, the.

Tübingen School

(Encyclopedia)Tübingen School: see Baur, Ferdinand Christian. ...

Ionian school

(Encyclopedia)Ionian school, pre-Socratic group of Greek philosophers of the 6th and 5th cent. b.c.; most of them were born in Ionia. Its members were primarily concerned with the origins of the universe—the forc...

Great Indian Desert

(Encyclopedia)Great Indian Desert, S Asia: see Thar Desert. ...

American Indian languages

(Encyclopedia)American Indian languages: see Native American languages. ...

Indian National Congress

(Encyclopedia)Indian National Congress, Indian political party, founded in 1885. Its founding members proposed economic reforms and wanted a larger role in the making of British policy for India. By 1907, however, ...

Juilliard School, The

(Encyclopedia)Juilliard School, The jo͞olˈyärd [key], in New York City; school of music, drama, and dance; coeducational; est. 1905 as the Institute of Musical Art, chartered 1926 as the Juilliard School of Musi...

Indian Removal Act

(Encyclopedia)Indian Removal Act, in U.S. history, law signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1830 providing for the general resettlement of Native Americans to lands W of the Mississippi River. From 1830 to 1840 ap...

junior high school

(Encyclopedia)junior high school: see school.

Boston Latin School

(Encyclopedia)Boston Latin School, at Boston; opened 1635 as a school for boys; one of the oldest free public schools in the United States. Many famous men attended the school, including five signers of the Declara...