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(Encyclopedia) CE5 The three solid forms of pure carbon: In the diamond crystal each carbon atom is surrounded symmetrically by four other carbons (at each of the four corners of a tetrahedron).…Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
1962 The Making of the President, 1960, Theodore H. White 1963 The…Rosenfeld, Morris
(Encyclopedia) Rosenfeld, MorrisRosenfeld, Morrisrōˈzənfĕlt [key], 1862–1923, Jewish poet, b. Russian Poland. His name was originally Moshe Jacob Alter. He worked as a tailor in London and as a…Kankan
(Encyclopedia) KankanKankankänkänˈ, käNkäNˈ [key], city (1996 pop. 261,341), E Guinea, a port on the Milo River, a tributary of the Niger. It is the commercial center for a farm area where rice,…Namaqualand
(Encyclopedia) NamaqualandNamaqualandnəmäˈkwəlănd [key] or NamalandNamalandnäˈməlănd [key], region, c.150,000 sq mi (388,500 sq km), SW Africa. It extends from Windhoek, Namibia, in the north to…Ciudad Guayana
(Encyclopedia) Ciudad Guayana Ciudad Guayana sy&oomacr;ᵺäᵺˈ [key] Ciudad Guayana…earring
(Encyclopedia) earring, a personal adornment, sometimes an amulet, worn attached to the ear lobe. Since prehistoric times the ear has been pierced for the insertion of the earring; certain primitive…Dunhuang
(Encyclopedia) Dunhuang or TunhwangDunhuangboth: d&oomacr;n-hwäng [key], town, extreme NW Gansu prov., China. Crescent Lake, a noted tourist attraction surrounded by high sand dunes, is there.…gar
(Encyclopedia) gar, member of the family Lepisosteidae, freshwater fishes found in the warmer rivers and lakes of the S United States, Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies. Gars are highly…fer-de-lance
(Encyclopedia) fer-de-lancefer-de-lancefĕrˌ-də-lănsˈ [key], highly poisonous snake, Bothrops atrox, found in tropical South America and the West Indies. A pit viper, related to the bushmaster and the…Trending
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