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Liverpool
(Encyclopedia)Liverpool, city and metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 448,300), NW England, on the Mersey River near its mouth. It is one of Britain's largest cities. A large center for food processing (especially flou...Quonset Point
(Encyclopedia)Quonset Point kwŏnˈsĭt [key], peninsula extending into Narragansett Bay, S R.I., in the town of North Kingstown. In World War II the peninsula became the site of a naval air station and constructio...Lauder, Sir Harry
(Encyclopedia)Lauder, Sir Harry lôˈdər [key], 1870–1950, Scottish baritone. His original name was MacLennan. Lauder was popular for his singing of ballads and comic songs, many of his own composition. During W...Elverum
(Encyclopedia)Elverum ĕlˈvəro͝om [key], town, Hedmark co., SE Norway, on the Glåma River. A rail junct...Mushin
(Encyclopedia)Mushin mo͞oˈshĭn [key], city (1987 est. pop. 266,000), SW Nigeria, an industrial and residential suburb of Lagos. Manufactures include textiles, furniture, printed materials, metal products, plasti...Namsos
(Encyclopedia)Namsos nämˈsōs [key], town (1995 pop. 12,300), Nord-Trøndelag co., W Norway, a port at the mouth of the Namsen River on the Namsenfjord. In World War II, Namsos was the scene (1940) of heavy fight...Hansen, William Webster
(Encyclopedia)Hansen, William Webster, 1909–49, U.S. physicist, b. Fresno, Calif. Hansen received his doctorate in physics from Stanford in 1933 and joined the faculty there in 1934. He invented the high-quality ...Hess, Dame Myra
(Encyclopedia)Hess, Dame Myra, 1890–1965, English pianist, studied at the Royal Academy of Music. She made her London debut in 1907 and first appeared in the United States in 1922. Her playing was acclaimed for b...Zadkine, Ossip
(Encyclopedia)Zadkine, Ossip ŏsēpˈ zädkēnˈ [key], 1890–1967, Russian sculptor who worked in France. Joining the cubists in 1914, Zadkine developed a powerful, original style. He exerted considerable influen...Corinthian War
(Encyclopedia)Corinthian War (395 b.c.–86 b.c.), armed conflict between Corinth, Argos, Thebes, and Athens on one side and Sparta on the other. Angered by Sparta's tyrannical overlordship in Greece after the Pelo...Browse by Subject
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