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Sandusky, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) SanduskySanduskysəndŭsˈkē, săn– [key], industrial city (1990 pop. 26,764), seat of Erie co., N central Ohio, a port of entry on Sandusky Bay of Lake Erie; inc. 1824. Its natural harbor…Pendleton
(Encyclopedia) Pendleton, city (1990 pop. 15,126), seat of Umatilla co., NE Oreg., on the Umatilla River, in the foothills of the Blue Mts.; founded 1869 on the old Oregon Trail, inc. 1889. A…Etowah
(Encyclopedia) EtowahEtowahĕtˈəwôˌ, āˈtə– [key], river, 141 mi (227 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge Mts., N Ga., and flowing SW to Rome, Ga., where it joins the Oostanaula River to form the Coosa…Copenhagen ware
(Encyclopedia) Copenhagen ware, several types of pottery, both underglaze and overglaze, produced in Copenhagen since c.1760. At that time a Frenchman, Louis Fournier, made soft-paste chinaware in…Wateree
(Encyclopedia) WatereeWatereewôtərēˈ [key], river, c.395 mi (635 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge, W N.C., as the Catawba River and flowing E past Hickory and then S past Charlotte into central N S…waterleaf
(Encyclopedia) waterleaf, common name for the Hydrophyllaceae, a family of herbs and some shrubs, widely distributed but especially abundant in W and SW North America. Best known in the United States…A. E. Housman: There pass the careless people
There pass the careless people That call their souls their own: Here by the road I loiter, How idle and alone.Ah, past the plunge of plummet, In seas I cannot sound, My heart and soul and…The Word
The WordRopeadope It'd be tough to come up with another gospel album that consists of all instrumentals, but The Word proves that you don't always need lyrics to sing a song of praise. John…Garry Kasparov
Garry KasparovBorn: Apr. 13, 1963Chess Azerbaijani who became youngest player (22 years, 210 days) ever to win world championship as Soviet in 1985; defeated countryman Anatoly Karpov for…The True George Washington: Physique
PhysiqueContemporary DescriptionsWriting to his London tailor for clothes, in 1763, Washington directed him to "take measure of a gentleman who wares well-made cloaths of the following size:…Trending
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