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Wrangel Island

(Encyclopedia) Wrangel Island or Wrangell IslandWrangel Islandrăngˈgəl [key], Rus. Ostrov Vrangelya, island, 1,740 sq mi (4,507 sq km), in the Arctic Ocean, between the East Siberian Sea and the…

Williams, William Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Williams, William Carlos, 1883–1963, American poet and physician, b. Rutherford, N.J., educated in Geneva, Switzerland, Univ. of Pennsylvania (M.D., 1906), and Univ. of Leipzig, where…

Thanksgiving Day

(Encyclopedia) Thanksgiving Day, national holiday in the United States commemorating the Pilgrims' celebration of the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony in 1621, after a winter of great starvation…

ultrasonics

(Encyclopedia) ultrasonics, study and application of the energy of sound waves vibrating at frequencies greater than 20,000 cycles per second, i.e., beyond the range of human hearing. The application…

Brewer's: Fly

(plural flys). A hackney coach, a cab. A contraction of Fly-by-night, as sedan chairs on wheels used to be called in the regency. These “Fly-by-nights,” patronised greatly by George,…

Survivor II: The Cast

Who's Who on reality TV's favorite show Related Links Survivor II Final PredictionsSurvivor II OverviewHistory of Reality TV2000-2001 Prime-Time TV WrapupSurvivor Mania!Survival GuideWho…

Chiapas

(Encyclopedia) Chiapas Chiapas chēäˈpäs [key], state, 28,732 sq mi (74,416 sq km), SE Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean…

Paula Danziger 2004 Deaths

Paula DanzigerAge: 59 author who wrote dozens of children's books, including The Cat Ate My Gymsuit and the Amber Brown series. Died: Manhattan, July 8, 2004Rodney DangerfieldA - FEileen…