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Pueblo, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) Pueblo, name given by the Spanish to the sedentary Native Americans who lived in stone or adobe communal houses in what is now the SW United States. The term pueblo is also used for…Berthier, Louis Alexandre
(Encyclopedia) Berthier, Louis AlexandreBerthier, Louis Alexandrelwē älĕksäNˈdrə bĕrtyāˈ [key], 1753–1815, marshal of France. He served in the American Revolution and in the French Revolutionary Wars…2010 PEN Literary Award Winners
Master of Ceremonies Larry Gelbart Lifetime Achievement Award James Salter Award of…1999 Men's ATP Tour Results
1999 Men's ATP Tour Finals Tournament Winner Earnings Runner-Up Score Jan. 10 Australian Hardcourt Championships Thomas Enqvist $46,000 L. Hewitt 46 61 62 Jan. 10…Walt Whitman: Song of the Broad-Axe, Part 9
Part 9(America! I do not vaunt my love for you, I have what I have.)The axe leaps! The solid forest gives fluid utterances, They tumble forth, they rise and form, Hut, tent, landing, survey,…U.S. Societies & Associations (O)
Ocean Conservancy, The (formerly Center for Marine Conservation) (1972): 2029 K St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. 120,000. Phone: (202) 429-5609. www.oceanconservancy.org/ Odd Fellows, Sovereign…Carrère, John Merven
(Encyclopedia) Carrère, John MervenCarrère, John Mervenkərârˈ [key], 1858–1911, American architect, b. Rio de Janeiro. After graduating from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, he worked under McKim,…Vuelta Abajo
(Encyclopedia) Vuelta AbajoVuelta Abajovwĕlˌtä äbäˈhō [key] or VueltabajoVuelta Abajovwĕlˌtäbäˈhō [key], district, c.90 mi (140 km) long and c.10 mi (16 km) wide, Pinar del Rio prov., W Cuba, along…Sánchez, Florencio
(Encyclopedia) Sánchez, FlorencioSánchez, Florencioflōrānˈsyō sänˈchās [key], 1875–1910, Uruguayan playwright. His many plays concern pastoral life in the region of the Río de la Plata. Sánchez's…Leiria
(Encyclopedia) LeiriaLeirialārˈyə [key], town (1991 pop. 27,531), capital of Leiria dist., W central Portugal, in Beira Litoral. It is an agricultural trade center producing leather goods and cement…Trending
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