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Joe Don Baker Biography

Joe Don BakeractorBorn: 2/12/1936Birthplace: Groesback, Texas A movie character actor, he is known especially for his portrayals of burly tough guys, as Steve McQueen's unscrupulous brother…

Khoper

(Encyclopedia) KhoperKhoperkhəpyôrˈ [key], river, c.625 mi (1,010 km) long, S European Russia. It rises SW of Penza and flows SW, then S into the Don. It is partly navigable.

Azov, Sea of

(Encyclopedia) Azov, Sea of, Gr. Maiotis, Lat. Palus Maeotis, ancient Rus. Surozhskoye, northern arm of the Black Sea, c.14,000 sq mi (36,300 sq km), shared by S European Russia and E Ukraine. The…

1998 Deaths: A - F

General Sani Abacha Bella Abzug Uvaldo AcostaAlbatrossFrederick Pitt AldermanLionel AldridgeJohn Maury Allin Ella Maria Gonzalez AlvarezEric Ambler Cleveland Amory Harry AndersonJohn…

Buell, Don Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Buell, Don Carlos, 1818–98, Union general in the Civil War, b. near Marietta, Ohio, grad. West Point, 1841. Buell was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in the Civil War (May,…

Medveditsa

(Encyclopedia) MedveditsaMedveditsamĭdvĕˈdyĭtsə [key], river, c.430 mi (690 km) long, SE European Russia. It rises NW of Volsk, flows roughly parallel to the Volga past Petrovsk, and empties into the…

Cossacks

(Encyclopedia) CossacksCossackskŏsˈăks, –əks [key], Rus. Kazaki, Ukr. Kozaky, peasant-soldiers in Ukraine and in several regions of Russia who, until 1918, held certain privileges in return for…

William Henry DRAPER, Congress, NY (1841-1921)

DRAPER William Henry , a Representative from New York; born in Rochdale, Worcester County, Mass., June 24, 1841; moved with his parents to Troy, N.Y., in 1847; attended the public schools until…