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(Encyclopedia) frozen foods, products of the food preservation process of freezing. This process has been employed by people in the Arctic from prehistoric times. Eskimos throw fresh-caught fish on…Ontario, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Ontario, city (1990 pop. 133,179), San Bernardino co., S Calif., near Los Angeles, in a region of vineyards; inc. 1891. Manufactures include aircraft and aircraft parts, aerospace…Prévert, Jacques
(Encyclopedia) Prévert, JacquesPrévert, Jacqueszhäk prāvĕrˈ [key], 1900–1977, French poet. One of the most popular of 20th-century French writers, Prévert produced poetry ranging from the humorous to…Chapra
(Encyclopedia) Chapra Chapra chäˈprə [key], city, Bihar state, NE India, on the Ghaghara River near its…perspective
(Encyclopedia) perspective, in art, any method employed to represent three-dimensional space on a flat surface or in relief sculpture. Although many periods in art showed some progressive diminution…Interlingua
(Encyclopedia) InterlinguaInterlinguaĭnˌtərlĭngˈgwə [key], name of an artificial language introduced in 1951; also the name of a simplified form of Latin (sometimes called Latino Sine Flexione, or “…Orem
(Encyclopedia) OremOremôrˈəm [key], city (1990 pop. 67,561), Utah co., N central Utah, near Provo; settled 1861, inc. 1919. Orem is located in an irrigated truck-farming and fruit-growing area. It…Dartmouth, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Dartmouth, city and former municipality, S N.S., Canada, on Halifax harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. Dartmouth has large sugar and oil refineries, and it produces ships, iron,…Rudolph, Wilma Glodean
(Encyclopedia) Rudolph, Wilma Glodean, 1940–94, American track and field athlete, b. Clarksville, Tenn. The 20th of 22 children, she overcame childhood polio to become one of the premiere athletes of…Bouvier, John
(Encyclopedia) Bouvier, JohnBouvier, Johnb&oobreve;vērˈ [key], 1787–1851, American writer on law, b. France. He emigrated to Philadelphia in 1802 with his parents and later was a lawyer and…Trending
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