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Brewer's: Grand Lama

The object of worship in Thibet and Mongolia. The worship in Thibet and Mongolia. The word lama in the Tangutanese dialect means “mother of souls.” It is the representative of the…

Brewer's: Grande Passion

(The). Love. “This is scarcely sufficient ... to supply the element ... so indispensable to the existence of a grande passion.” —Nineteenth Century (February, 1892, p. 210). Source:…

Grand Central Station

New York, N.Y. Designed in 1913 by Reed and Stern and Warren and Wetmore photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected the Gateway Arch in St…

George Washington COOK, Congress, CO (1851-1916)

COOK George Washington , a Representative from Colorado; born in Bedford, Lawrence County, Ind., November 10, 1851; at the age of eleven ran away from home and enlisted in the Fifteenth Regiment…

Sierra Madre, mountain system, Mexico

(Encyclopedia) Sierra MadreSierra Madresyāˈrä mäˈᵺrā [key], chief mountain system of Mexico, consisting of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the Sierra Madre Occidental, and the Sierra Madre del Sur and…

Soufrière, volcano, Guadeloupe

(Encyclopedia) SoufrièreSoufrières&oomacr;frēĕrˈ [key], active volcano, 4,813 ft (1,467 m) high, on Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean Sea. Called also La Grande Soufrière, it is the…

Rio Branco, José Maria da Silva Paranhos, barão do

(Encyclopedia) Rio Branco, José Maria da Silva Paranhos, barão doRio Branco, José Maria da Silva Paranhos, barão dozh&oobreve;zĕˈ mərēˈə də sēlˈvə pəräˈny&oobreve;s bərouNˈ d&oobreve; rēˈ…