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Włocławek

(Encyclopedia) WłocławekWłocławekvlôtsläˈvĕk [key], Rus. Vlotslavsk, city (1994 est. pop. 123,000), Kujawsko-Pomorskie prov., central Poland, a port on the Vistula (Wisła) River. It is an…

Tuzla

(Encyclopedia) TuzlaTuzlat&oomacr;zˈlä [key], city (2013 pop. 80,570), in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Various fruits are grown in the vicinity, lignite and salt are mined, and some oil is extracted;…

Summer 2001

Summer 2001June 2Massachusetts HandicapSuffolk Downs11/8Include Jerry Bailey500,000June 8Acorn StakesBelmont1Forest SecretsChris McCarron200,000June 9Belmont StakesBelmont11/2Point GivenGary…

Summer 2002

Summer 2002DateRaceTrackMilesWinnerJockeyPurseJune 1Massachusetts HandicapSuffolk Downs11/8Macho UnoGary Stevens500,000June 7Acorn StakesBelmont1You Jerry Bailey250,000June 8Belmont…

Abraham BALDWIN, Congress, GA (1754-1807)

Senate Years of Service: 1799-1807 Party: Democratic Republican BALDWIN Abraham , a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator from Georgia; born in North Guilford, Conn., November 22, 1754; moved…

Harriet Hardy Biography

Harriet Hardyspecialist in occupational medicineBorn: 9/23/1906Birthplace: Arlington, Massachusetts An advocate for the control of industrial hazards, Hardy was brought up in New Jersey and…

Harris, Patricia Roberts

(Encyclopedia) Harris, Patricia Roberts, 1924–85, U.S. government official, b. Mattoon, Ill. A lawyer who was active in the Democratic party, she was a law professor and dean at Howard Univ. during…

Willard, Frances Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839–98, American temperance leader and reformer, b. Churchville, N.Y., grad. Northwestern Female College, 1859. She was president of Evanston College for…

Saint Moritz

(Encyclopedia) Saint MoritzSaint Moritzsānt môrˈĭts, mərĭtsˈ [key], Ger. Sankt Moritz, town (1990 est. pop. 5,300), Grisons canton, SE Switzerland, in the Upper Engadine, on the Lake of St. Moritz.…