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(Encyclopedia) lacquer, solution of film-forming materials, natural or synthetic, usually applied as an ornamental or protective coating. Quick-drying synthetic lacquers are used to coat automobiles…Cellini, Benvenuto
(Encyclopedia) Cellini, BenvenutoCellini, Benvenutochĕlēˈnē, Ital. bānvān&oomacr;ˈtō chāl-lēˈnē [key], 1500–1571, Italian sculptor, metalsmith, and author. His remarkable autobiography (written…Cook, David J.
(Encyclopedia) Cook, David J., 1840–1907, American law enforcement officer, b. near La Porte, Ind. He moved (1855) with his family to Kansas, went (1859) to the Colorado gold fields, and returned to…Louganis, Greg E.
(Encyclopedia) Louganis, Greg E.Louganis, Greg E.l&oomacr;gāˈnĭs [key], 1960–, American diver, b. San Diego, Calif. He won gold medals in springboard diving and platform diving in the 1984…Chambersburg
(Encyclopedia) Chambersburg, borough (2020 pop. 21,903), seat of Franklin co., S Pa.; settled 1730, inc. 1803. Food products, apparel, construction…Dentatus
(Encyclopedia) Dentatus (Manius Curius Dentatus)Dentatusdĕntāˈtəs; māˈnēəs ky&oobreve;rˈēəs [key], d. 270 b.c., Roman general. As consul (290) he defeated the Samnites, Sabines, and Lucani; in…ambergris
(Encyclopedia) ambergrisambergrisămˈbərgrēs [key], waxlike substance originating as a morbid concretion in the intestine of the sperm whale. Lighter than water, it is found floating on tropical seas…Fair, James Graham
(Encyclopedia) Fair, James Graham, 1831–94, American financier, b. near Belfast, Ireland. He emigrated to America as a child, grew up on an Illinois farm, and went west in 1851 in search of gold. In…Fairbanks
(Encyclopedia) Fairbanks, city (2020 pop. 32,515), Fairbanks North Star Borough, E central Alaska, on the Chena River near its confluence with the…Mutare
(Encyclopedia) MutareMutarem&oomacr;täˈrē [key], formerly UmtaliUmtali&oobreve;mtäˈlē [key], city (1992 est. pop. 131,400), E Zimbabwe, near the Mozambique border. Mutare is the commercial…Trending
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