Word: britannica
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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William Benton, LL.D., board chairman of the Encyclopaedia Britannica...
...gathered to hear a lecture on "The Art of Forgery," Noble displayed a Greek bronze statuette of a horse, bought by the museum in 1923 from a Paris dealer, that has been hailed by critics as "the quintessence of the ancient Greek spirit." It is pictured in the Encyclopaedia Britannica and dated circa 470 B.C. In fact the horse, said Noble, is early 20th century...
...flux. Father Whalen admits the problem and that more than 1,000 entries had to be changed as a result of decrees enacted by the Second Vatican Council. To stay up to date, the editors hope to issue periodic supplements similar to those put out by the Encyclopaedia Britannica...
...sentences are short, relatively flat, but it covers more subjects than the other sets. Britannica has large type, the shortest, most oversimplified articles, the fewest illustrations and a dry factual style. Compton's writing is lively and it covers such child-intriguing topics as magic and fairies but more prosaic topics are often overdone. A child has to work through nine pages to learn about the U.S. Postal service...
...chief food-producing states in the United States," says World Book. "Nature has been good to Minnesota. It has given the state many resources for work and play," carols Compton's. "Minnesota is a north-central state near the center of North America," states Britannica. "A train of two-wheeled carts screeched and rumbled along the dusty trail," coaxes Book of Knowledge. Britannica's brevity shows in its listing of well-known Minnesotans; it is the only book of the four that fails to list either...