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(Encyclopedia) asthenosphereasthenosphereăsthēnˈəsfēr [key], region in the upper mantle of the earth's interior, characterized by low-density, semiplastic (or partially molten) rock material…Wriston, Walter Bigelow
(Encyclopedia) Wriston, Walter Bigelow, 1919–2005, American banker, b. Middletown, Conn., grad. Wesleyan (B.A., 1941); Fletcher School, Tufts Univ. (M.A., 1942). Widely considered the most important…Barakpur
(Encyclopedia) Barakpur Barakpur bărˈəkpôr [key], city, West Bengal state, NE India, on the Hugli River. The city is…Gold Coast, city, Australia
(Encyclopedia) Gold Coast, city, Queensland, E Australia, on the Pacific Ocean. The city, a major resort, stretches for many miles along the coast and…Glace Bay
(Encyclopedia) Glace Bay Glace Bay glās [key], town, E Cape Breton Island, N.S., Canada. Exploitation of its coal…Buxtehude, Dietrich
(Encyclopedia) Buxtehude, DietrichBuxtehude, Dietrichdēˈtrĭkh b&oobreve;ksˌtəh&oomacr;ˈdə [key], c.1637–1707, Danish composer and organist. From 1668 until his death he was organist at Lübeck…Joseph, Nez Percé chief
(Encyclopedia) Joseph (Chief Joseph), c.1840–1904, chief of a group of Nez Percé. On his father's death in 1871, Joseph became leader of one of the groups that refused to leave the land ceded to the…The Celtic Twilight: Mortal Help
by W. B. Yeats Belief and UnbeliefA VisionaryMortal Help One hears in the old poems of men taken away to help the gods in a battle, and Cuchullan won the goddess Fand for a while, by…Pompano Beach
(Encyclopedia) Pompano BeachPompano Beachpŏmˈpənō [key], city (1990 pop. 72,411), Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast and the Intracoastal Waterway; inc. 1908. It is a resort city with ocean…Santo Tomás de Castilla
(Encyclopedia) Santo Tomás de CastillaSanto Tomás de Castillasänˈtō tōmäs de kăstēyə [key], port, E Guatemala, on the Bay of Amatique, an area of the Caribbean Sea. The chief general cargo port of…Trending
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