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Vocal Group Hall of Fame

The Vocal Group Hall of Fame was originally organized in 1998. It has a museum and theater in Sharon, Pa. and plans annexes in Las Vegas and Wildwood, N.J.Abba (2002) Alabama (2004) The…

Baja California, peninsula, Mexico

(Encyclopedia) Baja CaliforniaBaja CaliforniaSpan.: bäˈhä kälēfōrˈnyä [key] or Lower California, peninsula, c.760 mi (1,220 km) long and from 30 to 150 mi (48–241 km) wide, NW Mexico, separating the…

yellow fever

(Encyclopedia) yellow fever, acute infectious disease endemic in tropical Africa and many areas of South and Central America. Yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of the female…

Nuptials on the Big Screen

Something old, something new, something celluloid by Beth Rowen Related Links Wedding Quotations Dowries…

Lancaster, city, England

(Encyclopedia) LancasterLancasterlăngˈkəstər [key], city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. The city's products include furniture, textiles,…

Leven, Loch

(Encyclopedia) Leven, LochLeven, Lochlŏkh lēˈvən [key], lake, 31&fslsh;2 mi (5.6 km) long, Perth and Kinross, E Scotland. Its several islands include Castle Island, with the ruins of the castle…

Huntingdon, Henry Hastings, 3d earl of

(Encyclopedia) Huntingdon, Henry Hastings, 3d earl of, 1535–95, English nobleman. Through his mother, Catherine Pole, a great-granddaughter of the duke of Clarence (brother of Edward IV and Richard…

Lucas, Edward Verrall

(Encyclopedia) Lucas, Edward Verrall, 1868–1938, English author and critic. For several years he was assistant editor of Punch. He wrote many volumes of gently satirical essays and travel books,…

Lockwood, James Booth

(Encyclopedia) Lockwood, James Booth, 1852–84, American arctic explorer, b. Annapolis, Md. In 1873 he was commissioned second lieutenant in the U.S. army. In 1881, Lockwood joined the arctic…

Manley, Mary de la Rivière

(Encyclopedia) Manley, Mary de la Rivière, 1663–1724, English author, one of the first women to earn a living by writing. Notorious because of her marriage to her cousin, who was already married and…