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Amy Lowell: Lead Soldiers

Lead SoldiersThe nursery fire burns brightly, crackling in cheerful little explosions and trails of sparks up the back of the chimney. Miniature rockets peppering the black bricks with…

Minusinsk

(Encyclopedia) MinusinskMinusinskmēn&oomacr;sēnskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 73,000), S central Siberian Russia, in Krasnoyarsk Territory, in the Minusinsk basin and on the Yenisei River. Founded in…

Mbeya

(Encyclopedia) Mbeya, city (2005 pop. 280,000), SW Tanzania. Located on the Tazara Railway, Mbeya was founded as a gold mining town in the 1920s. It is a market town for the fertile surrounding…

Kuznetsk Alatau

(Encyclopedia) Kuznetsk AlatauKuznetsk Alatauk&oomacr;znyĕtskˈ əläˈtou [key], mountain range, S Siberian Russia, E of Novokuznetsk, rising to about 6,900 ft (2,100 m). Part of the great mountain…

Chifeng

(Encyclopedia) ChifengChifengchûr-fŭng [key], city (1994 est. pop. 392,000), Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, China. It is an agricultural distribution center, trading in wool, furs, hides, and…

Rouyn-Noranda

(Encyclopedia) Rouyn-NorandaRouyn-Norandar&oomacr;ˈĭn nərănˈdə, Fr. r&oomacr;ăNˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 26,448), extreme SW Que., Canada. Created (1986) by an amalgamation of Rouyn and…

Příbram

(Encyclopedia) PříbramPříbrampərzhĭbˈräm [key], town (1991 pop. 36,898), SW Czech Republic, in Bohemia. It is one of the oldest gold- and silver-mining centers of Bohemia, with mine shafts more than…

Bach, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Bach, Thomas, 1953–, German sports executive, b. Würzberg. A lawyer and businessman, he won a gold medal in team fencing representing West Germany in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Bach…

Browne, Thomas Alexander

(Encyclopedia) Browne, Thomas Alexander, pseud. Rolf BoldrewoodRolf Boldrewoodrōf bôlˈdərw&oobreve;dˌ, rôlf [key], 1826–1915, Australian author. A squatter, a magistrate, and a commissioner in…