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Chelsea ware
(Encyclopedia) Chelsea ware, chinaware made in the mid-18th cent. at a factory in Chelsea, London. The earliest specimens extant are dated 1745 and have the potter's mark of a triangle and the word…Cleves, duchy of
(Encyclopedia) Cleves, duchy of, former state, W Germany, on both sides of the lower Rhine, bordering on the Netherlands. Cleves was the capital. A county from late Carolingian times, it acquired (…Clemens, Samuel Langhorne
(Encyclopedia) Clemens, Samuel Langhorne: see Twain, Mark.Saint Mark's Church
(Encyclopedia) Saint Mark's Church, Venice, named after the tutelary saint of Venice. The original Romanesque basilical church, built in the 9th cent. as a shrine for the saint's bones, was destroyed…Van Doren, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Van Doren, Charles: see under Van Doren, Mark.2006 People in the News
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Major events in the life of professional cyclist Lance Armstrong. Read a biography of Lance Armstrong. by Erin Teare Martin and Beth Rowen 1971-1993 1995-1998 1999-2003 2004-Present 1971…bicycle racing
(Encyclopedia) bicycle racing or cycling, an internationally popular sport conducted on closed courses or the open road. Track racing takes place at a velodrome, usually a banked 1,093.6 ft (.333 km…Glen Roy
(Encyclopedia) Glen Roy, valley, Highland, W Scotland, E of Loch Lochy. The Parallel Roads, three terraces on each side of the valley at corresponding heights, are believed to mark receding levels of…Maris, Roger Eugene
(Encyclopedia) Maris, Roger EugeneMaris, Roger Eugenemărˈĭs [key], 1934–85, American baseball player, b. Hibbing, Minn. He played (1957–59) for Cleveland and the Kansas City Athletics before joining…Trending
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