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Weber, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) WeberWeberwēˈbər [key], river, c.125 mi (200 km) long, rising in the Uinta Mts., N central Utah, and flowing north and northwest to join the Ogden River at Ogden. The combined stream…Bilaspur
(Encyclopedia) Bilaspur Bilaspur bēläsˌp&oobreve;rˈ [key]. 1 Former principality, Himachal Pradesh state, NW…Sokoloff, Nicolai
(Encyclopedia) Sokoloff, NicolaiSokoloff, Nicolainyĭkəlīˈ sōˈkəlôfˌ [key], 1886–1965, American conductor and violinist, b. near Kiev, Russia. After studying at Yale and under Charles Martin Loeffler…Galilee, Sea of
(Encyclopedia) Galilee, Sea of,&sp;Lake TiberiasGalilee, Sea of,tībĭrˈēəs [key], or Lake KinneretGalilee, Sea of,kĭnˈərĕtˌ [key], lake, 64 sq mi (166 sq km), 14 mi (23 km) long, and 3 to 7 mi (4.…Groves, Leslie Richard
(Encyclopedia) Groves, Leslie Richard, 1896–1970, American army officer and engineer who headed the program that developed America's atomic bomb, b. Albany, N.Y., grad. West Point (1918). He was…Tacoma
(Encyclopedia) TacomaTacomatəkōˈmə [key], city (1990 pop. 176,664), seat of Pierce co., W Wash., on Commencement Bay and Puget Sound at the mouth of the Puyallup River; inc. 1884. It is a major…America's Most Endangered Places 2009
Mount Taylor in Grants, New Mexico is among American sites most at risk by Elizabeth Olson America's Most Endangered Places America's Most Endangered Places 2007America's Most Endangered Places…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: When we met first and loved, I did not build
When we met first and loved, I did not buildWhen we met first and loved, I did not build Upon the event with marble. Could it mean To last, a love set pendulous between Sorrow and sorrow?…Electrical Engineer
What is this job like? A global positioning system that can pinpoint a car's location. Giant generators that can power entire cities. A new design for an airplane's electrical system.…Crystal Palace
(Encyclopedia) Crystal Palace, building designed by Sir Joseph Paxton and erected in Hyde Park, London, for the Great Exhibition in 1851. In 1854 it was removed to Sydenham, where, until its damage…Trending
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