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Tarpeia

(Encyclopedia) TarpeiaTarpeiatärpēˈyə [key], in Roman legend, a Roman woman who betrayed her city to the Sabines for what they wore on their left arms (their gold bracelets). As they entered Rome…

Year in Review, 1999: Top Music Recordings

In a year of musical extremes, the top recordings ranged from the Latin pop of hip-shaking sensation Ricky Martin to the slacker rock and hip-hop of the phenomenally successful Kid Rock. by Kevin…

1978–1979 Emmy Awards

Edward Asner, Lou GrantArchive PhotosOutstanding Drama SeriesLou Grant (CBS)Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesRon Leibman, KazOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesMariette Hartley…

Judges: 15

Judges Chapter 15 1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the…

Giant's Causeway

(Encyclopedia) Giant's Causeway, headland on the north coast of Moyle dist., N Northern Ireland, NE of Coleraine; est. as a national trust territory in 1961. Extending 3 mi (4.8 km) along the coast,…

Arbuckle Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Arbuckle MountainsArbuckle Mountainsärˈbŭkəl [key], range of low, rolling hills, rising c.700 ft (210 m) above the prairie, S Okla.; remnant of mountains formed in the Precambrian.…

Adam's Peak

(Encyclopedia) Adam's Peak, Sinhalese Sri Padastanaya and Samanaliya, mountain, 7,360 ft (2,243 m) high, S central Sri Lanka. It is a sacred mountain, famous as a goal of pilgrimage for Buddhists,…

Sedgwick, Adam

(Encyclopedia) Sedgwick, Adam, 1785–1873, English geologist. He was a professor at Cambridge from 1818. His most important work was a study, made with R. I. Murchison, of the rock formation of…