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(Encyclopedia) louse, common name for members of either of two distinct orders of wingless, parasitic, disease-carrying insects. Lice of both groups are small and flattened with short legs adapted…Dukhobors
(Encyclopedia) Dukhobors or DoukhoborsDukhoborsboth: d&oomacr;ˈkəbôrz [key] [Russ.,=spirit wrestlers], religious group, prominent in Russia from the 18th to the 19th cent. The name was coined by…Quebec, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Quebec, Fr. Québec, city (1991 pop. 167,517), provincial capital, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Charles rivers. The population is largely French…Santiago, city, Chile
(Encyclopedia) SantiagoSantiagosäntēäˈgō [key], city (1990 est. pop. 4,395,000), central Chile, capital of Chile and of Metropolitana de Santiago region, on the Mapocho River. It is the political,…walrus
(Encyclopedia) walrus, marine mammal, Odobenus rosmarus, found in Arctic seas. Largest of the fin-footed mammals, or pinnipeds (see seal), the walrus is also distinguished by its long tusks and by…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 18, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 17, 1805May 19, 1805May 18, 1805 Saturday May 18th 1805. The wind blew hard this morning from the West. we were enabled to employ our toe…Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Real Princess
The SwineherdThe Shoes of FortuneThe Real Princess There was once a Prince who wished to marry a Princess; but then she must be a real Princess. He travelled all over the world in hopes of…Utopia: Of the Travelling of the Utopians
Of Their Traffic Of Their Slaves, and of Their Marriages Of the Travelling of the Utopians If any man has a mind to visit his friends that live in some other town, or desires to…Entertainment News from November 1997
Geraldo RiveraArchive Photos1Apparently trying to pick up where his former wife left off, Prince Charles brings Prince Harry to South Africa where the 13-year-old royal meets Britpop phenoms…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, July 20, 1806
Day 1550 Day 1552 Clark, July 20, 1806 Sunday 20th July 1806 I directed Sergt. Pryor and Shields each of them good judges of timber to proceed on down the river Six or 8 miles and examine…Trending
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