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(Encyclopedia) bassoonbassoonbăs&oomacr;nˈ [key], double-reed woodwind instrument that plays in the bass and tenor registers. Its 8-ft (2.4-m) conical tube is bent double, the instrument thus…Aesop's Fables: The Oak and the Reeds
by Aesop The Bee and JupiterThe Blind Man and the CubThe Oak and the Reeds An Oak that grew on the bank of a river was uprooted by a severe gale of wind, and thrown across the stream. It…Brewer's: Reed Shaken by the Wind
(A), in Bible language, means a person blown about by every wind of doctrine. John the Baptist (said Christ) was not a “reed shaken by the wind,” but from the very first had a firm belief…Carroll, James
(Encyclopedia) Carroll, James, 1854–1907, American bacteriologist and army surgeon, b. Woolwich, England, M.D. Univ. of Maryland, 1891. He went to Canada at 15 and later joined the U.S. army. A…Bethesda, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Bethesda, uninc. city (2020 pop. 63,195), Montgomery co., W central Md., an affluent residential and commercial suburb of Washington, D.…Pan, in Greek religion and mythology
(Encyclopedia) PanPanpăn [key], in Greek religion and mythology, pastoral god of fertility. He was worshiped principally in Arcadia, and one legend states that he was the son of Hermes, another…McCall, Samuel Walker
(Encyclopedia) McCall, Samuel Walker, 1851–1923, American political leader, U.S. Congressman (1893–1913), governor of Massachusetts (1916–18), b. East Providence, Pa. He was a lawyer in Boston when…Agramonte, Arístides
(Encyclopedia) Agramonte, ArístidesAgramonte, Arístidesärēˈstēdās ägrämōnˈtā [key], 1869–1931, Cuban physician and pathologist, M.D. Columbia, 1892. A member of the medical corps of the U.S. army, he…wigwam
(Encyclopedia) wigwamwigwamwĭgˈwäm [key], dwelling found among the Algonquian of the Eastern woodlands area of the United States. The wigwam was usually conical, arborlike, or domed. Some were small…Camargue
(Encyclopedia) CamargueCamarguekämärgˈ [key], alluvial lowland, c.215 sq mi (560 sq km), Bouches-du-Rhône dept., SE France, in the Rhône delta. Formed by sedimentation, it has numerous shallow…Trending
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