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chamois

(Encyclopedia) chamoischamoisshămˈē [key], hollow-horned, hoofed mammal, Rupicapra rupicapra, found in the mountains of Europe and the E Mediterranean. It is about the size of a large goat and is…

fence

(Encyclopedia) fence [short for defense], humanly erected barrier between two divisions of land, used to mark a legal or other boundary, to keep animals or people in or out, and sometimes as an…

caribou, in zoology

(Encyclopedia) caribou, name in North America for the genus (Rangifer) of deer from which the Old World reindeer was originally domesticated. Caribou are found in arctic and subarctic regions. They…

Vlaminck, Maurice de

(Encyclopedia) Vlaminck, Maurice deVlaminck, Maurice demōrēsˈ də vlämăNkˈ [key], 1876–1958, French painter, writer, and printmaker. At first an avid racing cyclist, he supported himself (c.1900) as a…

The Sound of Music

Music:Richard RodgersLyrics:Oscar Hammerstein IIBook:Howard Lindsay and Russel CrouseSuggested by:The Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta TrappDirector:Susan H. SchulmanMusical Director:…

Biographies: Deaths of 2008

Deaths of 2008 See also 2007 Deaths 2006 Deaths 2005 Deaths 2004 Deaths 2003 Deaths 2002 Deaths 2001 Deaths 2000…

2003 People in the News

Abu Abbas,Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),John Abizaid,Kofi Annan,Sami Al-Arian,Lance Armstrong,Peter Arnett,John Ashcroft,Tariq Aziz,José María Aznar,Steve Bechler,David Beckham,William Bennett,…

Plummer, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Plummer, Christopher (Arthur Christopher Orme), 1929-2021, Canadian-American actor, b. Toronto, Canada. Raised by his mother,…

Smith, Kiki

(Encyclopedia) Smith, Kiki, 1954–, American sculptor and printmaker, b. Nuremberg, Germany. The daughter of sculptor Tony Smith, she grew up in New Jersey and settled in New York City in 1976.…

Shaffer, Sir Peter

(Encyclopedia) Shaffer, Sir PeterShaffer, Sir Petershăfˈər [key], 1926–2016, English playwright, b. Liverpool, grad. Cambridge, 1950. Before turning to the stage he wrote for radio and television and…