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Yellow Sea
(Encyclopedia) Yellow Sea or HuanghaiYellow Seahwäng-hī [key] [yellow sea], arm of the Pacific Ocean, between China and Korea, where it is called the West Sea. It has a maximum depth of 500 ft (152 m…Benbridge, Henry
(Encyclopedia) Benbridge, Henry, 1744–1812, American portrait painter and miniaturist, b. Philadelphia, studied in Italy and with Benjamin West in London. His portraits are characterized by technical…Stetson, John Batterson
(Encyclopedia) Stetson, John Batterson, 1830–1906, American hat manufacturer, b. Orange, N.J. Stetson, who had learned hatmaking, traveled to the West in the 1860s to improve his health. He returned…Nepos, Julius
(Encyclopedia) Nepos, Julius, d. 480, Roman emperor of the West (474–80). The military governor of Dalmatia, he was appointed emperor of the West by Leo I, emperor of the East. A year later he was…Yorkshire
(Encyclopedia) Yorkshire, former county, N England. From 1889 to 1974 it formed three counties, the East Riding, North Riding, and West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1974, Yorkshire was divided among the…Nujoma, Sam
(Encyclopedia) Nujoma, Sam (Samuel Daniel Shafiishuna Nujoma)Nujoma, Samn&oomacr;yōˈmä [key], 1929–, Namibian political leader. A railway worker in what was then the South African mandate of…The All-Rookie Team for the Hockey 2000-2001 Season
Voting by PHWA. Vote totals not released. Pos Pos G Evgeni Nabokov, SJ F Martin Havlat, Ott D Lubomir Visnovsky, LA F Brad Richards, TB D Colin White, NJ…1998 NHL All-Star Game: Score by Periods
123FinalWorld322— 7North America332— 8Power plays: World — 0/2; North America — 1/2. Officials: Paul Stewart (referee), Michael Cvik and Shane Heyer (linesmen). Attendance: 18,422.The…September 2010 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of September…Louis the German
(Encyclopedia) Louis the German, c.804–876, king of the East Franks (817–76). When his father, Emperor of the West Louis I, partitioned the empire in 817, Louis received Bavaria and adjacent…Trending
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