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Ikaría

(Encyclopedia) Ikaría or IcariaIkaríaboth: īkârˈēə [key], mountainous island, c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), SE Greece, one of the Southern Sporades, near Turkey. It has iron-ore deposits and sulfur…

Jasper National Park

(Encyclopedia) Jasper National Park, 4,200 sq mi (10,878 sq km), W Alta., Canada, in the Canadian Rocky Mts.; est. 1907. It is the second largest of the Canadian scenic national parks and contains…

Atami

(Encyclopedia) Atami Atami ätäˈmē [key], city, Shizuoka prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a major resort, famed for its scenery and its hot springs. Atami was once…

Crump, Edward Hull

(Encyclopedia) Crump, Edward Hull, 1876–1954, American politician, Democratic boss of Tennessee, b. near Holly Springs, Miss. At first (1905–9) a municipal administrator in Memphis, Tenn., he was…

Yambol

(Encyclopedia) Yambol or JambolYambolboth: yämˈbôl [key], city (1993 pop. 91,119), SE Bulgaria. It is a commercial center and produces textiles, machinery, ceramics, and furniture. There are mineral…

Diana DeGETTE, Congress, CO (1957)

DeGETTE Diana , a Representative from Colorado; born in Tachikawa, Japan, July 29, 1957; graduated from South High School, Denver, Colo., 1975; B.A., Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1979…

Kenneth Lee SALAZAR, Congress, CO (1955)

Senate Years of Service: 2005-2009 Party: Democrat SALAZAR Kenneth Lee , a Senator from Colorado; born in Alamosa, Colorado, March 2, 1955; B.A., political science, Colorado College, Colorado…

IRL Race Locations

January— TRANSWORLD DIVERSIFIED SERVICES INDY 200 at Walt Disney World Speedway, Orlando, Fla. March— PHOENIX 200 at Phoenix (Ari.) International Raceway. May— VISIONAIRE 500 at Lowe's Motor…

Russell, James Earl

(Encyclopedia) Russell, James Earl, 1864–1945, American educator, b. Hamden, N.Y., grad. Cornell, 1887, Ph.D. Leipzig, 1894. From 1895 to 1897 he was professor of philosophy and pedagogy at the Univ…

Evans, John

(Encyclopedia) Evans, John, 1814–97, American founder of educational institutions, b. Waynesville, Ohio, grad. Lynn Medical College, Cincinnati, 1838. He practiced medicine in Indiana and was the…