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Andretti, Mario
(Encyclopedia) Andretti, MarioAndretti, Marioăndrĕtˈē [key], 1940–, American auto racing driver, b. Italy. He is the only driver to have won the Indianapolis 500 (1969), stock racing's Daytona 500 (…Tapajós
(Encyclopedia) TapajósTapajóstäpäzhôsˈ [key], river, c.600 mi (970 km) long, formed at the border of Mato Grosso, Pará, and Amazonas states, central Brazil, by the confluence of the Juruena and Teles…Born, Max
(Encyclopedia) Born, Max, 1882–1970, British physicist, b. Germany, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1907. He was head of the physics department at the Univ. of Göttingen from 1921 to 1933. When Nazi…carol
(Encyclopedia) carol, popular hymn, of joyful nature, in celebration of an occasion such as May Day, Easter, or Christmas. The earliest English carols date from the 15th cent. The carol is…Tourville, Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, comte de
(Encyclopedia) Tourville, Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, comte deTourville, Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, comte deän ēläryôNˈ də kôtäNtăNˈ kôNt də t&oomacr;rvēlˈ [key], 1642–1701, French naval commander…Bovet, Daniele
(Encyclopedia) Bovet, DanieleBovet, Danielebōvāˈ [key], 1907–92, Italian pharmacologist, b. Switzerland, D.Sc. Univ. of Geneva, 1929. From 1929 to 1947 he was a researcher and then head of the…sperm whale
(Encyclopedia) sperm whale, largest of the toothed whales, Physeter catodon, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is also called cachalot. Male sperm whales may grow to more than 70 ft (21 m…Myers, Richard Bowman
(Encyclopedia) Myers, Richard Bowman, 1942–, American Air Force general, b. Kansas City, Mo. He studied at Kansas State Univ., graduating and joining the Air Force in 1965; he later attended Auburn…Mas i Gavarró, Artur
(Encyclopedia) Mas i Gavarró, Artur, 1956–, Catalonian nationalist leader, b. Barcelona, grad. Univ. of Barcelona. An economist, he was the head of the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC), a…mermaid
(Encyclopedia) mermaid, in folklore, sea-dwelling creature commonly represented as having the head and body of a woman and a fishtail instead of legs. Belief in mermaids, and in their counterpart,…Trending
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