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Moses, Grandma

(Encyclopedia) Moses, Grandma (Anna Mary Robertson Moses), 1860–1961, American painter, b. Washington co., N.Y., self-taught. She lived the arduous life of a farm wife, first in the Shenandoah Valley…

Green Bay, arm of Lake Michigan

(Encyclopedia) Green Bay, western arm of Lake Michigan, c.100 mi (160 km) long and from 10 to 20 mi (16–32 km) wide, NE Wis. and NW Mich.; separated from the lake by the Door and Garden peninsulas.…

spinel

(Encyclopedia) spinel, magnesium aluminum oxide, MgAl2O4, a mineral crystallizing in the isometric system, usually as octahedrons. It occurs as an accessory mineral in basic igneous rocks, in…

American Idol Playlists

Check out what your favorite American Idols have loaded on their iPods from iTunes Related Links American Idol Quiz Bestselling Albums by American Idol Alumni Top-Selling…

1998 Deaths: G - L

Lawrence GableMartha GellhornTom GentryLarry GilbertSir Anthony Glyn Rumer GoddenWally GoldBarry GoldwaterNelson GonzalvesAlbert Gore Sr.Meredith GourdineLew GradeVirginia GrahamMaria GrandyM…

color blindness

(Encyclopedia) color blindness, visual defect resulting in the inability to distinguish colors. About 8% of men and 0.5% of women experience some difficulty in color perception. Color blindness is…

Menominee, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) MenomineeMenomineemənŏmˈənē [key], city (1990 pop. 9,398), seat of Menominee co., N Mich., W Upper Peninsula, on Green Bay at the mouth of the Menominee River; inc. 1883. It is a…

Champion

(Encyclopedia) Champion, uninc. community in the town of Green Bay, Brown co., NE Wis., NE of the city of Green Bay. It is noted for the Shrine of Our…

1932–1933 Academy Awards

The 1932–1933 Academy Awards were presented March 16, 1934 at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles.Outstanding ProductionCavalcade (Fox)A Farewell to Arms (Paramount)42nd Street (Warner Bros.)I…

Suffolk, Charles Brandon, 1st duke of

(Encyclopedia) Suffolk, Charles Brandon, 1st duke ofSuffolk, Charles Brandon, 1st duke ofsŭfˈək [key], d. 1545, English nobleman. A member of the court of Henry VIII, he received many preferments. He…