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U.K.

Almanac: United Kingdom Countries and Colonies United Kingdom Atlas: United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Primer…

Crime by Region 2006–2007

Violent and sexual crime recorded numbers and rates Police force area and region Violence against the person Violence against the person per 10,000 population Sexual offences Sexual…

Country Music Hall of Fame

Find out who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, from its foundation in 1961 to the present day.1961 Jimmie Rodgers Fred Rose Hank Williams 1962 Roy Acuff 1963 No…

Brewer's: Notarica

A principle by which the first letter of each word in the expression is used alone A. E. I. O. U.Austria's Empire Is Overall Universal. (See A. E. I. O. U.) ÆraA ER. A—i.e. Anno ERat…

Haida

(Encyclopedia) HaidaHaidahīˈdə [key], Native North Americans living primarily on the Queen Charlotte Islands, off British Columbia, and on the southern end of the Prince of Wales Island, off Alaska.…

Offa

(Encyclopedia) OffaOffaŏfˈə [key], d. 796, king of Mercia (757–96). He succeeded Æthelbald to the throne, but it was some years before he attained the power of his predecessor. Gradually he asserted…

Geoffrey of Monmouth

(Encyclopedia) Geoffrey of MonmouthGeoffrey of Monmouthmŏnˈməth [key], c.1100–1154, English author. He was probably born at Monmouth and was of either Breton or Welsh descent. In 1152 he was named…

catechism

(Encyclopedia) catechismcatechismkătˈəkĭzəm [key] [Gr.,=oral instruction], originally oral instruction in religion, later written instruction. Catechisms are usually written in the form of questions…

Coleman A. Young Biography

Coleman A. YoungAge: 79 former union organizer who became first black mayor of Detroit. Died: Nov. 29, 1997.Jimmy Witherspoon1997 DeathsEarl Young