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Top Dog Breeds, New York City
The American Kennel Club's (AKC) top registered dog breeds in New York City. Rank 2010 1. Yorkshire Terrier 2…Top Ten Dog Breeds by U.S. City
The American Kennel Club's (AKC) top registered dog breeds by U.S. city for 2010. Boston Chicago…Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria
(Encyclopedia) Machado de Assis, Joaquim MariaMachado de Assis, Joaquim Mariazhwäkēmˈ mərēˈə məshäˈd&oobreve; dĭ əsēzˈ [key], 1839–1908, Brazilian novelist, b. Rio de Janeiro. The grandson of…Handy, W. C.
(Encyclopedia) Handy, W. C. (William Christopher Handy), 1873–1958, American songwriter and band leader, b. Florence, Ala. Largely self-taught, Handy began his career as a cornet player in a minstrel…The True George Washington: Family Relations: His Wife's Family
His Wife's FamilyOf his wife's kith and kin Washington was equally fond. Both alone and with Mrs. Washington he often visited her mother, Mrs. Dandridge, and in 1773 he wrote to a brother-in-…Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasyevich
(Encyclopedia) Bulgakov, Mikhail AfanasyevichBulgakov, Mikhail Afanasyevichmēkhəyēlˈ əfənäˈsyəvĭch b&oobreve;lgäˈkəf [key], 1891–1940, Russian novelist and playwright. He wrote satirical stories…Indus valley civilization
(Encyclopedia) Indus valley civilization, ancient civilization that arose about 3300 b.c. in the valley of the Indus River and its tributaries, in the northwestern portion of the Indian subcontinent…Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival
(Encyclopedia) Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival, 1919–2008, New Zealand mountain climber and explorer. He went on many mountain-climbing expeditions before 1953, when he and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal were…Rainey, Gertrude "Ma"
(Encyclopedia) Rainey, Gertrude "Ma," 1886–1939, African-American blues singer and songwriter, b. Columbus, Ga., as Gertrude Melissa Nix Pridgett.…terrier
(Encyclopedia) terrier, classification used by breeders and kennel clubs to designate dogs originally bred to start small game and vermin from their burrows or, in the case of several breeds in this…Trending
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