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Intracoastal Waterway
(Encyclopedia) Intracoastal Waterway, c.3,000 mi (4,827 km) long, partly natural, partly artificial, providing sheltered passage for commercial and leisure boats along the U.S. Atlantic coast from…Morton, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Morton, Thomas, fl. 1622–47, English trader and adventurer in New England. He visited New England in 1622 and returned in 1625 with Captain Wollaston, who founded a settlement at Mt.…X Prize Foundation
(Encyclopedia) X Prize Foundation, private, nonprofit prize institute est. 1995 by commercial space entrepreneur Peter Diamandis. Based in Santa Monica, Calif., and funded by foundations and private…Birmingham, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Birmingham Birmingham bûrˈmĭnghămˌ [key] 1 City (2020 pop. 200,733), seat of…air mass
(Encyclopedia) air mass, large body of air within the earth's atmosphere in which temperature and humidity, although varying at different heights, remain similar throughout the body at any one height…Samara, city, Russia
(Encyclopedia) SamaraSamarasəmäˈrə [key], formerly Kuybyshev, city (1989 pop. 1,254,000), capital of its region, E central European Russia, on the left bank of the Volga and at the mouth of the…Narmada
(Encyclopedia) NarmadaNarmadanərmŭˈdə [key], river, c.775 mi (1,250 km) long, rising in Madhya Pradesh state, central India, and flowing W between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges through Gujarat state…Rollins, Sonny
(Encyclopedia) Rollins, Sonny (Theodore Walter Rollins), 1930–, African-American tenor saxophonist and composer, b. New York City. A master of jazz…2003 Deaths: R - Z
Vera Hruba RalstonNoel ReddingDonald ReganNatalya ReshetovskayaLeni RiefenstahlJohn RitterFred RogersTony RomaBurns “Bud” RoperWalt RostowLaura RothenbergPrince Sadruddin Aga KhanPeter…Greenfield
(Encyclopedia) Greenfield <1> City (2020 pop. 18,937), Monterey co., SW Calif.; inc. 1947. Thirty-three miles SE of Salinas, the town was…Trending
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