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Wright, Sewall

(Encyclopedia) Wright, Sewall, 1889–1988, American geneticist, b. Melrose, Mass., B.S. Lombard College, 1911, M.S. Univ. of Illinois, 1912, D.Sc. Harvard, 1915. From 1915 to 1925 he worked in the…

Powers, Hiram

(Encyclopedia) Powers, Hiram, 1805–73, American sculptor, b. Woodstock, Vt. Having moved to Ohio, he made wax models for a Cincinnati museum. In 1835 he began his career as a sculptor, spending some…

Volk, Leonard Wells

(Encyclopedia) Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828–95, American sculptor, b. Wellstown (now Wells), N.Y. In 1848 he went to St. Louis, where he studied drawing and worked at funerary sculpture. With the aid of…

Yankton, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Yankton, city (1990 pop. 12,703), seat of Yankton co., extreme SE S.Dak., on the Missouri River; inc. 1869. A railroad and trade center in an agricultural region, it has grain…

Wisconsin NPR Member Stations

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U.S. State Flags: Alabama – Louisiana

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U.S. State Flags: Maine – Oklahoma

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The Top Ten: U.S. Male-Female Ratios

December 10 - 17 U.S. Male-Female Ratios Looking for Mr./Ms. Right? Maybe you should consider moving to a city where the odds are more in your favor. Check out the ten highest and lowest…

Brewer's: Alabama

U. S. America. The name of an Indian tribe of the Mississippi Valley, meaning “here we rest.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AlabasterAkuman A B C D E…