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Kent, county, England
(Encyclopedia) Kent, county (1991 pop. 1,485,600), 1,525 sq mi (3,950 sq km), SE England. It lies between the Thames estuary and the Strait of Dover. The county town is Maidstone, and the county is…Sendak, Maurice Bernard
(Encyclopedia) Sendak, Maurice Bernard, 1928–2012, American writer and illustrator of children's books, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Largely self-taught, he was widely acclaimed as the 20th-century's most…Fianna Fáil
(Encyclopedia) Fianna FáilFianna Fáilfēˈənə fäl [key], Irish political party, organized in 1926 by opponents of the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 establishing the Irish Free State and setting up…Poland: Rulers
Polish Royalty Mieszko I, duke of Poland (962–92), the first important member of the Piast dynasty Boleslaus I, Polish ruler (992–1025) Mieszko II, king of Poland (1025–34) Casimir I, duke of…Weightlifting
Event Men Under 56 kgHalil Mutlu, TUR Meijin Wu, CHN Sedat Artuc, TUR56–62 kgZhiyong Shi, CHN Maosheng Le, CHN Israel Jose Rubio, VEN62–69 kgGuozheng Zhang, CHN Bae Young Lee, KOR Nikolay…Entertainment News from May 2000
1When negotiations break down in a heated contract dispute, Time Warner Cable blacks out ABC from 3.5 million households. The timing couldn't be worse for ABC: the May sweeps are just…Maclaine, Shirley
(Encyclopedia) Maclaine, Shirley, 1934- , American actress and author, b. Richmond, Va., as Shirley MacLean Beaty. Maclaine’s father held various…Dole, Bob
(Encyclopedia) Dole, Bob (Robert Joseph Dole), 1923–2021, American political leader, b. Russell, Ks., Washburn Univ. (B.A. and L.L.D., 1952); husband…screw
(Encyclopedia) screw, simple machine consisting essentially of a solid cylinder, usually of metal, around which an inclined plane winds spirally, either clockwise or counterclockwise. It is used to…Wolfe, Thomas Clayton
(Encyclopedia) Wolfe, Thomas Clayton, 1900–1938, American novelist, b. Asheville, N.C., grad. Univ. of North Carolina, 1920, M.A. Harvard, 1922. An important 20th-century American novelist, Wolfe…Trending
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