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Île-aux-Noix

(Encyclopedia) Île-aux-NoixÎle-aux-Noixēl-ō-nwä [key], island, 210 acres (85 hectares), in the Richelieu River near St. Jean, S Que., Canada; location of Fort Lennox National Historic Site (est. 1921…

Norristown

(Encyclopedia) Norristown, borough (1990 pop. 30,749), seat of Montgomery co., SE Pa., on the Schuylkill River; settled c.1712, laid out 1784, inc. 1812. Among its manufactures are textiles, medical…

Wooster, David

(Encyclopedia) Wooster, DavidWooster, Davidw&oobreve;sˈtər [key], 1711–77, American Revolutionary officer, b. Fairfield co., Conn. He served as an officer in the British army during the last of…

Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2d marquess of

(Encyclopedia) Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2d marquess ofRockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2d marquess ofrŏkˈĭng-əm [key], 1730–82, British statesman. In the early years of the reign of…

Maurice, Frederick Denison

(Encyclopedia) Maurice, Frederick Denison, 1805–72, English clergyman and social reformer. He was brought up a Unitarian but became an Anglican. He studied law at Cambridge and was a founder of the…

2000 Deaths: M - Q

Jean MacArthurCharles MacGillivaryJeff MacNellyConrad McRaeMeredith MacRaePercy McRaeConrad Marca-RelliNancy MarchandAlice Sheets MarriottDon MartinHelen MartinWalter MatthauStanley…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Spiritual LAWS

Spiritual LAWSThe living Heaven thy prayers respect, House at once and architect, Quarrying man's rejected hours, Builds therewith eternal towers; Sole and self-commanded works, Fears not…

W. W. Law 2002 Deaths

W. W. LawAge: 79 civil-rights activist who served as president of the Savannah branch of the NAACP from 1950 to 1976. He led the drive to desegregate the city and helped to establish a civil-…

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

NBCMonday 9:00–10:00 p.m.; moved to Friday 10:00–11:00 p.m.Cast:Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Dean Winters, and Michelle Hurd The longest-running drama on…