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Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st ViscountRothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscountrŏᵺˈərmēr [key], 1868–1940, English publisher. He was the financial wizard of the…Rovaniemi
(Encyclopedia) RovaniemiRovaniemirôˈvänēˌĕmē [key], city (1996 pop. 57,389), capital of Lapland prov., N Finland, at the confluence of the Ounas and Kemi rivers. Commercial and agricultural fairs and…Saint-Nazaire
(Encyclopedia) Saint-NazaireSaint-NazairesăN-näzĕrˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 66,087), Loire-Atlantique dept., W France, at the mouth of the Loire River on the Bay of Biscay. Saint-Nazaire is an…Plauen
(Encyclopedia) PlauenPlauenplouˈən [key], city (1994 pop. 69,387), Saxony, E central Germany, on the White Elster River and at the northwestern foot of the Erzgebirge. It has been a textile-milling…Subotica
(Encyclopedia) SuboticaSuboticas&oomacr;ˌbôˈtĭtsä [key], Ger. Maria Theresiopel or Theresiopel, Hung. Szabadka, city (1991 pop. 100,386), N Serbia, in the Vojvodina region. An important railway…Spahn, Warren Edward
(Encyclopedia) Spahn, Warren Edward, 1921–2003, American baseball player, b. Buffalo, N.Y. A spectacular pitcher in high-school baseball, Spahn turned professional in 1939 and played in the minor…Bastogne
(Encyclopedia) Bastogne Bastogne bästôˈnyə [key], Du. Bastenaken, town, Luxembourg prov., SE…Stargard Szczeciński
(Encyclopedia) Stargard SzczecińskiStargard Szczecińskistärˈgärt shchĕchēNˈskē [key], formerly Stargard in PommernStargard Szczecińskiĭn pôˈmərn [key], town (1994 est. pop. 72,000),…Silver, Abba Hillel
(Encyclopedia) Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893–1963, American rabbi and Zionist leader, b. Lithuania. He was taken to the United States in 1902. Educated at the Univ. of Cincinnati (B.A., 1915) and Hebrew…Sinuiju
(Encyclopedia) SinuijuSinuijusēnˈ&oobreve;ˈēˈj&oomacr; [key], Jap. Shingishu, city (1993 pop. 326,011), W North Korea, on the Yellow Sea (or West Sea) at the mouth of the Yalu River. A main…Trending
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