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Alaska Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Alaska Peninsula, SW Alaska, extending 500 mi (800 km) SW from the mainland, separating Bristol Bay and the Bering Sea from Cook Inlet, the Shelikof Strait, and Pacific Ocean. The…de la Rúa, Fernando
(Encyclopedia) de la Rúa, Fernando, 1937–2019, Argentinian political leader, president of Argentina (1999–2001). A lawyer and member of the Radical Civic Union, he won a senate seat in 1973, then ran…Dukakis, Michael Stanley
(Encyclopedia) Dukakis, Michael StanleyDukakis, Michael Stanleyd&oomacr;käkˈĭs [key], 1933–, American political leader, b. Brookline, Mass. He was a Democratic member of the Massachusetts house…Lacalle Herrera, Luis Alberto
(Encyclopedia) Lacalle Herrera, Luis Alberto, 1941–, Uruguayan political leader, president of Uruguay (1990–95). A lawyer and member of the conservative National (Blanco) party, he worked as a…Kaine, Tim
(Encyclopedia) Kaine, Tim (Timothy Michael Kaine), 1958–, U.S. politician, b. St. Paul, Minn., B.A. Univ. of Missouri, 1979, J.D. Harvard, 1983. After a clerkship, he was a lawyer in private practice…leatherback
(Encyclopedia) leatherback, marine turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, found in tropical, subtropical, and temperate waters around the world. The largest of all turtles, it may reach a length of 71&…Amalfi
(Encyclopedia) Amalfi Amalfi ämälˈfē [key], town, in Campania, S Italy, a small fishing port on the Gulf of Sorrento. Built on a mountain slope, it is also a picturesque…Ferraro, Geraldine Anne
(Encyclopedia) Ferraro, Geraldine AnneFerraro, Geraldine Annefərärˈō [key], 1935–2011, American political leader, b. Newburgh, N.Y., grad. Marymount College (1956), Fordham Law School (1960). A…streetcar
(Encyclopedia) streetcar, small, self-propelled railroad car, similar to the type used in rapid-transit systems, that operates on tracks running through city streets and is used to carry passengers.…weathering
(Encyclopedia) weathering, collective term for the processes by which rock at or near the earth's surface is disintegrated and decomposed by the action of atmospheric agents, water, and living things…Trending
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