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Aesop's Fables: Aesop's Fables
by Aesop Aesop's FablesContentsIntroductionThe Fox and the GrapesThe Goose That Laid the Golden EggsThe Cat and the MiceThe Mischievous DogThe Charcoal-Burner and the FullerThe Mice in CouncilThe…Channel Islands, California
(Encyclopedia) Channel Islands or Santa Barbara IslandsChannel Islandssănˈtə bärˈbrə, –bərə [key], chain of eight rugged islands and many islets, extending c.150 mi (240 km) along the S Calif. coast…Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé
(Encyclopedia) Daguerre, Louis Jacques MandéDaguerre, Louis Jacques Mandélwē zhäk mäNdāˈ dägârˈ [key], 1789–1851, French scene painter and physicist, inventor of the daguerreotype, a photograph…Isabella II
(Encyclopedia) Isabella II, 1830–1904, queen of Spain (1833–68), daughter of Ferdinand VII and of Maria Christina. Her uncle, Don Carlos, contested her succession under the Salic law, and thus the…Mexico Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Mexico The Aztec Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico, December 23, 1999. [© AP Images] PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME: United Mexican States…Schneemann, Carolee
(Encyclopedia) Schneemann, Carolee, 1939–2019, American multimedia artist, b. Fox Chase, Pa., B.A. Bard College, 1959, M.F.A. Univ. of Illinois, 1961. Her art encompassed numerous genres, including…tundra
(Encyclopedia) tundratundratŭnˈdrə [key], treeless plains of N North America and N Eurasia, lying principally along the Arctic Circle, on the coasts and islands of the Arctic Ocean, and to the north…kinship
(Encyclopedia) kinship, relationship by blood (consanguinity) or marriage (affinity) between persons; also, in anthropology and sociology, a system of rules, based on such relationships, governing…Winnebago
(Encyclopedia) Winnebago, Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). When Father Jean Nicolet encountered…Ringling Brothers
(Encyclopedia) Ringling Brothers, seven brothers, sons of German-born August Rüngeling, who established an American circus empire. Albert C. (1852–1916), Otto (1858–1911), Alfred T. (1861–1919),…Trending
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