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Portman, John Calvin, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Portman, John Calvin, Jr., 1924–2017, American architect and developer, b. Walhalla, S.C., grad. Georgia Institute of Technology (1950). In the 1960s and 70s, he radically changed the…Red River, river, China and Vietnam
(Encyclopedia) Red River, Chinese Yuan Chiang, Vietnamese Song Hong, chief river of N Vietnam, 730 mi (1,175 km) long, rising in Yunnan prov., S China, and flowing southeast, in deep, narrow gorges,…Tainan
(Encyclopedia) Tainan or T'ai-nanTainanboth: tīˈnänˈ [key], special municipality (2010 pop. 1,840,257), W central Taiwan, on the Taiwan Strait. It was created in 2010 when Tainan city was merged with…Terengganu
(Encyclopedia) Terengganu or TrengganuTerengganuboth: trəng-gäˈn&oomacr;, trĕng– [key], state (1991 pop. 808,556), c.5,000 sq mi (12,950 sq km), Malaysia, central Malay Peninsula, on the South…Green Revolution
(Encyclopedia) Green Revolution, term referring mainly to dramatic increases in cereal-grain yields in many developing countries beginning in the late 1960s, due largely to use of genetically…Anuradhapura
(Encyclopedia) AnuradhapuraAnuradhapuraən&oomacr;ˈrädəp&oomacr;ˈrə [key] or AnarajapuraAnarajapuraənäˈräjə– [key], city (1995 est. pop. 40,000), N central Sri Lanka, on the Aruvi River. Rice…Ayeyarwady
(Encyclopedia) AyeyarwadyAyeyarwadyīˌyärwädˈē [key] or IrrawaddyIrrawaddyĭrəwŏdˈē [key], chief river of Myanmar, c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Mali and Nmai rivers in N…Montana, Joe
(Encyclopedia) Montana, Joe (Joseph Clifford Montana)Montana, Joemŏntănˈə [key], 1956–, American football player, b. New Eagle, Pa. After playing at Notre Dame Univ., he starred (1979–93) for the San…Curl, Robert Floyd, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Curl, Robert Floyd, Jr., 1933–, American chemist, b. Alice, Tex., Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1957. Curl has been a professor at Rice Univ. in Houston, Tex., since 1958. In…Gilan
(Encyclopedia) Gilan or Ghilan Gilan both: gēlänˈ [key], province, 14,709 sq mi (38,106 sq km), NW Iran, bounded in…Trending
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