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The 1993 Academy Awards were presented March 21, 1994 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.PictureThe Fugitive, Arnold Kopelson, producer (Warner Bros.)In the Name of the Father,…Arlington Heights
(Encyclopedia) Arlington Heights, village, Cook county, NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; founded 1836, inc. 1887. Its manufactures include machinery, drugs and medical equipment…Ayers Rock
(Encyclopedia) Ayers Rock, monolith, Australia: alternative name for Uluru. See Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park.Amherstburg
(Encyclopedia) Amherstburg, industrial town, S Ont., Canada, on the Detroit River. Fort Malden, built (1797–99) to replace a post lost when Detroit was ceded to the United States, is now…Crawford Notch
(Encyclopedia) Crawford Notch, water gap in the White Mts., N central N.H., through which the Saco River flows. It is named for Abel Crawford, an early settler. The area is a state park (est. 1911).Maryland, University of
(Encyclopedia) Maryland, University of, at College Park; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1856 and opened 1859 as Maryland Agricultural College, renamed Maryland State College…Kivu, region, Congo
(Encyclopedia) KivuKivukēˈv&oomacr;, kēv&oomacr;ˈ [key], region, c.89,000 sq mi (230,510 sq km), E Congo (Kinshasa). It borders on Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Lake Tanganyika on the east.…San Jacinto
(Encyclopedia) San Jacinto, river, c.130 mi (210 km) long, rising in SE Texas as the West Fork and flowing S to Galveston Bay. Its chief tributary is Buffalo Bayou, and both the bayou and the lower…Rapid City
(Encyclopedia) Rapid City, city (1990 pop. 54,523), seat of Pennington co., SW S.Dak., on Rapid Creek, in an irrigated farm region served by the Bureau of Reclamation's Rapid Valley project; founded…Fire Island
(Encyclopedia) Fire Island, barrier beach, 32 mi (52 km) long, off the south shore of Long Island, SE N.Y., separating Great South Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. Robert Moses State Park is at its west…Trending
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