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Temuco

(Encyclopedia) TemucoTemucotām&oomacr;ˈkō [key], city (1990 est. pop. 211,700), capital of Araucania region, S central Chile, on the Cautín River. It is a commercial city dealing in cattle,…

Ceres, in Roman religion and mythology

(Encyclopedia) CeresCeressîrˈēz [key], in Roman religion and mythology, goddess of grain; daughter of Saturn and Ops. She was identified by the Romans with the Greek Demeter. Her worship was…

Shafter, William Rufus

(Encyclopedia) Shafter, William Rufus, 1835–1906, American general, b. Galesburg, Mich. He served in the Union army during the Civil War and in 1867 joined the regular army, rising to become…

Olives, Mount of

(Encyclopedia) Olives, Mount of, or OlivetOlivetŏlˈĭvĕt [key], ridge, E of Jerusalem, mentioned in the Old Testament as the scene of David's flight from the city, Ezekiel's theophany, and Zechariah's…

Great Zimbabwe

(Encyclopedia) Great ZimbabweGreat Zimbabwezĭmbäbˈwā [key] [Bantu,=stone houses], ruined city, SE Zimbabwe, near Masvingo (formerly Fort Victoria). Its mortarless, curving granite walls and buildings…

A. E. Housman: On the idle hill of summer,

On the idle hill of summer, Sleepy with the flow of streams, Far I hear the steady drummer Drumming like a noise in dreams.Far and near and low and louder On the roads of earth go by, Dear…

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Afternoon on a Hill

Afternoon on a HillEdna St. Vincent MillayI will be the gladdest thing Under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick one.I will look at cliffs and clouds With quiet eyes,…

John Keats: Over the Hill and Over the Dale

Modern LoveThe PoetOver the Hill and Over the Dale Over the hill and over the dale, And over the bourn to Dawlish— Where gingerbread wives have a scanty sale And gingerbread nuts are…

Chapel Hill (town), NC Census Data

People QuickFactsChapel HillNorth CarolinaPopulation, 2003 estimate 49,3018,407,248Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 3.2%4.5%Population, 2000 48,7158,049,313Population…

William Hill BONER, Congress, TN (1945)

BONER William Hill , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., February 14, 1945; attended Warner public school, 1953-1959; graduated, East Nashville Senior High…