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Tinayguk Wild River

(Encyclopedia) Tinayguk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.

Przewalski's horse

(Encyclopedia) Przewalski's horsePrzewalski's horsepshəvälˈskēz [key], wild horse of Asia, Equus przewalski, E. ferus przewalski, or E. caballus przewalski, the only extant wild horse that, in the…

Menominee, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) MenomineeMenomineemənŏmˈənē [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American…

Sumner, James Batcheller

(Encyclopedia) Sumner, James Batcheller, 1887–1955, American biochemist, b. Canton, Mass., Ph.D. Harvard Medical School, 1914. He was a professor at Cornell from 1914 until his death in 1955. In 1946…

Jack Gargan, 1999 News

retired financial consultant, was elected chairman of the Reform Party, the independent party founded by Ross Perot. An endorsement from Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura, the highest-ranking…

Jack Kevorkian, 1999 News

71, physician, made the leap from assisted-suicide doctor to murderer when he administered a lethal injection to Lou Gehrig's disease patient Thomas Youk. Kevorkian had the 1998 event…

Jack Buck 2002 Deaths

Jack BuckAge: 77 , radio voice of the St. Louis Cardinals for almost 50 years; considered one of the game's best storytellers, his body of work includes almost every sport; recognized in 11…