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(Encyclopedia) HoopaHoopah&oomacr;ˈpə [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the 19th…2001-02 Women's NCAA Division III
at Delaware, Ohio (Nov. 16-17) Semifinals: Ohio Wesleyan def. Willamette, 2-1 (OT); Amherst (Mass.) def. Wheaton (Ill.), 1-0. Championship: Ohio Wesleyan def. Amherst, 1-0. Final records: Ohio…1998-99 Women's NCAA Division III
at Ithaca, N.Y. (Nov. 21-22) Semifinals: College of New Jersey def. Ithaca (N.Y.), 2-0; Macalester def. Willamette, 1-0. Championship: Macalester def. College of New Jersey, 1-0. Final records:…Thames , river, England
(Encyclopedia) ThamesThamestĕmz [key], Rom. Tamesis, principal river of England, c.210 mi (340 km) long. It rises in four headstreams (the Thames or Isis, Churn, Coln, and Leach) in the Cotswold…Shaanxi
(Encyclopedia) ShaanxiShaanxishänˈshēˈ [key] or ShensiShaanxishĕnˈsēˈ [key] [west of the mountain passes], province (2010 pop. 37,327,378), c.76,000 sq mi (196,840 sq km), N central China. Xi'an is…Rhône, river, Switzerland and France
(Encyclopedia) Rhône, Lat. Rhodanus, river, 505 mi (813 km) long, rising in the Rhône glacier, NE Valais, Switzerland. It flows west through a narrow, flat valley that separates the Bernese Alps from…Butler, John
(Encyclopedia) Butler, John, 1728–96, Loyalist commander in the American Revolution, b. New London, Conn. He served in the French and Indian Wars and distinguished himself especially by leading the…Bahariya
(Encyclopedia) Bahariya or BahariaBahariabäˌhärēˈə [key], oasis (1996 est. pop. 25,000), in the Libyan Desert, central Egypt, c.200 mi (322 km) south-southwest of Alexandria. Connected by numerous…Jackson, Stonewall
(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Stonewall (Thomas Jonathan Jackson), 1824–63, Confederate general, b. Clarksburg, Va. (now W.Va.), grad. West Point, 1846. With the diversion in the Shenandoah Valley a…Daryl Chapin Biography
inventorBorn: 21 July 1906Best Known as: co-creator of the silicon solar cell Daryl Chapin with Bell Labs colleagues Calvin Fuller and Gerald Pearson developed…Trending
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