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Yucatán, peninsula, North America

(Encyclopedia) YucatánYucatány&oomacr;kətănˈ [key], peninsula, c.70,000 sq mi (181,300 sq km), mostly in SE Mexico, separating the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. It comprises the states…

Universalist Church of America

(Encyclopedia) Universalist Church of America, Protestant denomination originating in the 18th cent. and represented almost entirely in the United States. Universalism is the belief that it is God's…

Uruguay , country, South America

(Encyclopedia) CE5 UruguayUruguayy&oobreve;ˈrəgwā, gwī, Span. &oomacr;r&oomacr;gwiˈ, &oomacr;r&oomacr;wīˈ [key], officially Oriental Republic of Uruguay, republic (2015 est.…

Uruguay , river, South America

(Encyclopedia) UruguayUruguayy&oobreve;ˈrəgwā, gwī, Span. &oomacr;r&oomacr;gwiˈ, &oomacr;r&oomacr;wīˈ [key], river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, rising in S Brazil and flowing in…

Inglis, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Inglis, CharlesInglis, Charlesĭngˈglĭs, ĭngˈgəlz [key], 1734–1816, Anglican clergyman in America, b. Ireland. He emigrated to America in 1755. While assistant rector (1765–77) of…

Hale, Nathan

(Encyclopedia) Hale, Nathan, 1755–76, American soldier, hero of the American Revolution, b. Coventry, Conn. A young schoolteacher when the Revolution broke out, he was commissioned an officer in the…

Antitrust, Again

Antitrust, Again Microsoft Joins a Long Tradition in Big Business by Tasha Vincent This article was posted in October, 1998. Standard Oil had come to symbolize the ruthless…