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The flag displayed from lazarettos, naval hospitals, and vessels in quarantine. (See Union Jack.) Yellow Jack (The). The yellow fever. “Raymond and all his family died of yellow fever,…Mesilla
(Encyclopedia) MesillaMesillamāsēˈyä [key], town (1990 pop. 1,975), SW N.Mex., on the Rio Grande and near Las Cruces; settled c.1850. The whole Mesilla Valley became part of the United States under…Grossman, David
(Encyclopedia) Grossman, David, 1954–, Israeli writer and peace activist, b. Jerusalem. He is widely recognized as the finest novelist in the generation that followed Amos Oz and A. B. Yehoshua. The…yellow fever
(Encyclopedia) yellow fever, acute infectious disease endemic in tropical Africa and many areas of South and Central America. Yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of the female…Yellow Book
(Encyclopedia) Yellow Book, English illustrated quarterly published (1894–97) in book form in London. Henry Harland was literary editor, and Aubrey Beardsley, whose exotic and provocative drawings…Yellow Sea
(Encyclopedia) Yellow Sea or HuanghaiYellow Seahwäng-hī [key] [yellow sea], arm of the Pacific Ocean, between China and Korea, where it is called the West Sea. It has a maximum depth of 500 ft (152 m…Yellow Emperor
(Encyclopedia) Yellow Emperor, Mandarin Huangdi, legendary Chinese ruler and culture hero; tradition holds that he reigned from 2697 b.c. to 2597 b.c. He is one of the mythical prehistoric emperors…Disney's The Kid
Director:Jon TurteltaubWriter:Audrey WellsWalt Disney Pictures; PG; 101 minutesRelease:7/00Cast:Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer A Disney-fied hiccup in time sends 8-year-old…Spy Kids
Director/Writer:Robert RodriguezDimension Films; PG; 90 minutesRelease:4/01Cast:Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alan Cumming The energy and inventiveness contained in Robert Rodriguez' Spy…Radiohead Kid A
Kid A Capitol Three years after their 1997 masterpiece OK Computer, England's best band has reemerged with a disc that forsakes all those typical pop things like hooks, choruses, obvious singles,…Trending
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