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(Encyclopedia) Exploits, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising in the Long Range, SW Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, and flowing NE to Exploits Bay, an arm of Notre Dame Bay. On the river are Grand Falls…Kuujjuaq
(Encyclopedia) KuujjuaqKuujjuaqk&oomacr;jˈjwăk [key], village (1991 pop. 1,405), N Que., Canada, on the Koksoak River near its mouth at Ungava Bay. It is a Hudson's Bay Company post, established…York, Cape
(Encyclopedia) York, Cape, NW Greenland, in N Baffin Bay, W of Melville Bay. The Cape York meteorites were discovered by U.S. explorer Robert E. Peary, who brought the largest (c.100 tons) to the…Redwood City
(Encyclopedia) Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical…Bay Psalm Book
(Encyclopedia) Bay Psalm Book, common hymnal of the Massachusetts Bay colony. Written by Richard Mather, John Eliot, and Thomas Weld, it was published in 1640 at Cambridge as The Whole Book of Psalms…Radisson, Pierre Esprit
(Encyclopedia) Radisson, Pierre EspritRadisson, Pierre Espritpyĕr ĕsprēˈ rädēsôNˈ [key], c.1632–1710, French explorer and fur trader in North America. He arrived in Canada in 1651. His journals,…Kent, George Edward Alexander Edmund, duke of
(Encyclopedia) Kent, George Edward Alexander Edmund, duke of, 1902–42, fourth son of George V of Great Britain. He traveled extensively as “salesman of the empire.” A member of the Royal Air Force…farad
(Encyclopedia) faradfaradfărˈəd [key] [for Michael Faraday], unit of electrical capacitance, equivalent to 1 coulomb of stored charge per volt of applied potential difference.1997 All-NFL Team
The 1997 All-NFL team combining the All-Pro selections of the Associated Press, The Sporting News (TSN) and the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA). Holdovers from the 1996 All-NFL Team…1998 All-NFL Team
The 1998 All-NFL team combining the All-Pro selections of the Associated Press, The Sporting News (TSN) and the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA). Holdovers from the 1997 All-NFL Team…Trending
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