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Gujranwalla

(Encyclopedia) Gujranwalla Gujranwalla g&oobreve;jˌränˈvälə [key], city, NE Pakistan. A road and rail hub, with…

Chrysler, Walter Percy

(Encyclopedia) Chrysler, Walter PercyChrysler, Walter Percykrīˈslər [key], 1875–1940, American industrialist, founder of the Chrysler Corp., b. Wamego, Kans. He began as a machinist's apprentice and…

Langham, Simon

(Encyclopedia) Langham, SimonLangham, Simonlăngˈəm [key], d. 1376, English prelate and statesman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He ruled the abbey of Westminster with such skill that Edward…

Flygare-Carlén, Emilie

(Encyclopedia) Flygare-Carlén, EmilieFlygare-Carlén, Emilieflüˈgärĕˌ-kärlānˈ [key], 1807–92, Swedish novelist. In The Rose of Thistle Island (1842, tr. 1844) and A Merchant's House on the Skerry (…

Sharon, plain, Israel

(Encyclopedia) SharonSharonshāˈrən, shârˈən [key], plain between the Samarian Hills of central Israel and the Mediterranean Sea, extending c.50 mi (80 km) from Jaffa to Caesarea, and mentioned…

Stopes, Marie Carmichael

(Encyclopedia) Stopes, Marie CarmichaelStopes, Marie Carmichaelstōps [key], 1880–1958, British paleobotanist and eugenicist, b. Edinburgh, D.Sc. Univ. of London, Ph.D. Univ. of Munich. She lectured…

Bate, William Brimage

(Encyclopedia) Bate, William BrimageBate, William Brimagebrĭmˈĭj [key], 1826–1905, U.S. politician and Confederate general, b. Castalian Springs, Tenn. He served in the Mexican War and was involved…

Mary Rose OAKAR, Congress, OH (1940)

OAKAR Mary Rose , a Representative from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 5, 1940; graduated from Lourdes Academy, Cleveland, Ohio, 1958; B.A., Ursuline College, Cleveland,…

Aline Kilmer: "A Wind Rose in the Night"

"A Wind Rose in the Night"Aline KilmerA wind rose in the night, (She had always feared it so!) Sorrow plucked at my heart And I could not help but go.Softly I went and stood By her door at…