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Evans, Caradoc
(Encyclopedia) Evans, Caradoc, 1883–1945, Anglo-Welsh novelist and short-story writer. His chief works are his short-story collections, My People (1915), Capel Sion (1916), and My Neighbors (1919),…Mikita, Stan
(Encyclopedia) Mikita, Stan, 1940–2018, Canadian hockey player, b. Sokolče, Czechoslovakia (a former village whose site is now in Slovakia), as Stanislav GvothMikita, Stan [key]. Adopted by relatives…Prusiner, Stanley Ben
(Encyclopedia) Prusiner, Stanley Ben, 1942–, American neurologist, b. Des Moines, Iowa, M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1968. Prusiner has been a professor at the Univ. of California,…Pratt, Parley Parker
(Encyclopedia) Pratt, Parley Parker, 1807–57, Mormon apostle, b. Otsego co., N.Y.; brother of Orson Pratt. He joined (1830) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was made an apostle in…Ujiji
(Encyclopedia) UjijiUjiji&oomacr;jēˈjē [key], town, Kigoma prov., W Tanzania, suburb of Kigoma, on Lake Tanganyika. Ujiji was an important settlement of Arab and Swahili ivory and slave traders…Tanganyika, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Tanganyika, Lake, second largest lake of Africa, c.12,700 sq mi (32,890 sq km), E central Africa on the borders of Tanzania, Congo (Kinshasa), Zambia, and Burundi. It is c.420 mi (680…William Munford TUCK, Congress, VA (1896-1983)
TUCK William Munford , a Representative from Virginia; born near High Hill, Halifax County, Va., September 28, 1896; attended the public schools; during the First World War served in the United…Providence
(Encyclopedia) Providence, city (1990 pop. 160,728), state capital and seat of Providence co., NE R.I., a port at the head of Providence Bay; founded by Roger Williams 1636, inc. as a city 1832. The…2001-02 Stanley Cup Scoring Leaders
Gm G A Pts +/- PM PP Peter Forsberg, Col 20 9 18 27 8 20 0 Steve Yzerman, Det 23 6 17 23 4 10 4 Joe Sakic, Col 21 9…1996-97 Stanley Cup Scoring Leaders
Gm G A Pts +/- PM PP SH GW OT S PCTG Eric Lindros, Phi 19 12 14 26 7 40 4 0 1 0 71 16.9 Joe Sakic, Col 17 8 17…Trending
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