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Rajputana
(Encyclopedia) RajputanaRajputanaräjˌp&oobreve;täˈnə [key], historic region, NW India; roughly coextensive with the modern Indian state of Rajasthan. The name means “land of the Rajputs.” Rajput…azalea
(Encyclopedia) azaleaazaleaəzālˈyə [key] [Gr.,=dry], any species of the genus Rhododendron, North American and Asian shrubs of the family Ericaceae (heath family) that are distinguished by the…Rayonnant style
(Encyclopedia) Rayonnant styleRayonnant stylerāˈənănt [key], the middle period (c.1240–1350) of French Gothic architecture, so termed from the characteristic radiating tracery of the rose window. In…Prachanda
(Encyclopedia) PrachandaPrachandaprăchänˈdə [key] [the fierce one], nom de guerre of Pushpa Kamal DahalPushpa Kamal Dahalp&oomacr;shˈpä kəmälˈ dəhäl [key], 1954–, Nepalese military and political…1998 Snowboarding World Cup Final Standings
World Cup Final Standings Men Overall Pts 1 Alexander Koller, AUT 990.32 2 Richard Richardsson, SWE 821.33 3 Dieter Moherndl, GER 757.86 Halfpipe Pts 1…Candide: What They Saw in the Country of El Dorado
Candide and His Valet Arrive ... What Happened to Them at Suri... What They Saw in the Country of El Dorado Cacambo vented all his curiosity upon his landlord by a thousand…Brewer's: Colour
(See Rank.) Colour Colours. A man of colour. A negro, or, more strictly speaking, one with negro blood. (See Colours.) “There are three great classes: (1) the pure whites; (2) the…Gravely, Samuel Lee, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Gravely, Samuel Lee, Jr., 1922–2004, U.S. naval officer, the first African American to hold the rank of admiral, b. Richmond, Va. Joining the Naval Reserves in 1942, he became (1944)…Kildare, Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th earl of
(Encyclopedia) Kildare, Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th earl of, 1513–37, Irish nobleman, called Silken Thomas. When his father, the 9th earl and lord deputy of Ireland, was summoned to London on charges of…Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh
(Encyclopedia) Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, 1801–66, English woman of letters; wife of Thomas Carlyle, whom she married in 1826. She possessed a genius for letter writing, manifest in the volumes of…Trending
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