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Bahía Blanca

(Encyclopedia) Bahía Blanca Bahía Blanca bäēˈä [key] Bahía Blanca…

Oxnam, Garfield Bromley

(Encyclopedia) Oxnam, Garfield BromleyOxnam, Garfield Bromleyŏkˈsnăm, –snəm [key], 1891–1963, American Methodist bishop, b. Sonora, Calif., grad. Univ. of Southern California (B.A., 1913) and Boston…

Centaurus

(Encyclopedia) CentaurusCentaurussĕntôrˈəs [key], southern constellation located N and E of Crux, the Southern Cross. It is known especially for its bright stars Alpha Centauri and Hadar. It also…

Texas

Texas State Information Discover Texas: Including historic events, disasters, entertainment, animals, geographic landmarks, travel ideas, family outings, serial killers, haunted places in Texas,…

La Niña

(Encyclopedia) La Niña: see El Niño–Southern Oscillation.

Smith, Ian Douglas

(Encyclopedia) Smith, Ian Douglas, 1919–2007, Rhodesian political leader. A cattle farmer who was the son of a Scottish immigrant, he served in the Southern Rhodesia legislative assembly from 1948…

Scattered Islands

(Encyclopedia) Scattered Islands: see French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

Masters disease

(Encyclopedia) Masters disease: see southern tick-associated rash illness.

Knights of the Golden Circle

(Encyclopedia) Knights of the Golden Circle, secret order of Southern sympathizers in the North during the Civil War. Its members were known as Copperheads. Dr. George W. L. Bickley, a Virginian who…

Lights! Camera! Learning! - American Classics

American Classics Peck's Atticus Finch in court To Kill a Mockingbird Though Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his subtle portrayal of Atticus Finch, the Southern lawyer who defends a black man…