Sir George Otto Trevelyan
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~ English historian who wrote a history of the American revolution and a biography of his uncle Lord Macaulay (1838-1928)
Scopes trial
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~ a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed
show trial
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~ a trial held for show; the guilt of the accused person has been decided in advance