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2000 Race Locations

March— MARLBORO GRAND PRIX OF MIAMI Presented by Toyota at Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex in Homestead, Fla. April— BOSCH SPARK PLUG GP Presented by Toyota at Nazareth (Pa.)…

2001 NAIA Division II Mens Basketball Championship

The semifinalists, in alphabetical order, after three rounds of the 32-team NAIA tournament: Cornerstone, Mich. (30-8); MidAmerica Nazarene (29-8); Northwestern, Iowa (27-6); Rio Grande, Ohio (29-8…

Frank CREMEANS, Congress, OH (1943-2003)

CREMEANS Frank , a Representative from Ohio; born in Chesire, Gallia County, Ohio, April 5, 1943; graduated from Kyger Creek Local, Gallipolis, Ohio; B.A., University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande,…

Plata, Río de la

(Encyclopedia) Plata, Río de laPlata, Río de larēˈō ᵺā lä pläˈtä [key], estuary, c.170 mi (270 km) long, SE South America, formed by the Paraná and Uruguay rivers. Between Argentina and Uruguay, the…

El Paso, Texas

Source: iStock Mayor: Oscar Leeser (since 2021) City Manager: Tommy Gonzalez 2010 census population (rank): 649,121 (19); Male: 311,280 (48.0%); Female: 337,841 (52.0%); White: 524,764 (80…

Scala, Can Francesco della

(Encyclopedia) Scala, Can Francesco dellaScala, Can Francesco dellakän fränchāsˈkō dĕlˈlä skäˈlä [key] or Can Grande della ScalaScala, Can Francesco dellakäng gränˈdā [key], 1291–1329, lord of Verona…

Mendoza, Pedro de

(Encyclopedia) Mendoza, Pedro deMendoza, Pedro depāˈᵺrō [key]Mendoza, Pedro de dā māndōˈthä [key], b. 1501 or 1502, d. 1537, Spanish conquistador, first adelantado [civil and military governor] of…

Brewer's: Shanty Songs

Songs sung by sailors at work, to ensure united action. They are in sets, each of which has a different cadence adapted to the work in hand. Thus, in sheeting topsails, weighing anchor,…

Petrópolis

(Encyclopedia) PetrópolisPetrópolispətrôˈp&oobreve;lēs [key], city (1996 pop. 267,704), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, picturesquely situated in hills just N of Rio de Janeiro. It is a…

Chastellain, Georges

(Encyclopedia) Chastellain, GeorgesChastellain, Georgeszhôrzh shätəlăNˈ [key], c.1405–1475, French chronicler, historiographer to the dukes of Burgundy. The surviving fragments of his Grande…