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Colorado

  Colorado State Information Capital: Denver Official Name: State of Colorado  Organized as a territory/republic: February 28, 1861 Entered Union (rank): August 1, 1876 (38th) Present…

Berthier, Louis Alexandre

(Encyclopedia) Berthier, Louis AlexandreBerthier, Louis Alexandrelwē älĕksäNˈdrə bĕrtyāˈ [key], 1753–1815, marshal of France. He served in the American Revolution and in the French Revolutionary Wars…

1999 Men's ATP Tour Results

1999 Men's ATP Tour Finals Tournament Winner Earnings Runner-Up Score Jan. 10 Australian Hardcourt Championships Thomas Enqvist $46,000 L. Hewitt 46 61 62 Jan. 10…

Sánchez, Florencio

(Encyclopedia) Sánchez, FlorencioSánchez, Florencioflōrānˈsyō sänˈchās [key], 1875–1910, Uruguayan playwright. His many plays concern pastoral life in the region of the Río de la Plata. Sánchez's…

Vuelta Abajo

(Encyclopedia) Vuelta AbajoVuelta Abajovwĕlˌtä äbäˈhō [key] or VueltabajoVuelta Abajovwĕlˌtäbäˈhō [key], district, c.90 mi (140 km) long and c.10 mi (16 km) wide, Pinar del Rio prov., W Cuba, along…

Carrère, John Merven

(Encyclopedia) Carrère, John MervenCarrère, John Mervenkərârˈ [key], 1858–1911, American architect, b. Rio de Janeiro. After graduating from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, he worked under McKim,…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Broad-Axe, Part 9

Part 9(America! I do not vaunt my love for you, I have what I have.)The axe leaps! The solid forest gives fluid utterances, They tumble forth, they rise and form, Hut, tent, landing, survey,…

U.S. Societies & Associations (O)

Ocean Conservancy, The (formerly Center for Marine Conservation) (1972): 2029 K St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. 120,000. Phone: (202) 429-5609. www.oceanconservancy.org/ Odd Fellows, Sovereign…

Leiria

(Encyclopedia) LeiriaLeirialārˈyə [key], town (1991 pop. 27,531), capital of Leiria dist., W central Portugal, in Beira Litoral. It is an agricultural trade center producing leather goods and cement…