Alaska
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Alaska, USA A state with a name derived from the Aleut (a branch of the Inuit–Aleut family of languages)
alakshak ‘mainland’. It was first discovered in 1741 by Vitus Bering
†, a Dane leading an expedition for Peter I the Great
†. The first non‐local settlers in 1784 were Russians. Administered by the Russian American Company from 1799, it was known as Russian America. The region was sold by Alexander II, emperor (1855–81), to the USA in 1867 for $7.2 million when it quickly became known as Seward's Folly; William H. Seward was the American Secretary of State who arranged the purchase. It became the Territory of Alaska in 1912 and finally the 49th state when it joined the Union in 1959.
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EXHIBITION; GOPHERS VS. UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA; Stoa returns to the ice, feeling like a freshman; After missing most of last season because of a knee injury, Ryan Stoa is eager to regain his old form.(SPORTS)
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Newspaper article from: European Report; 6/18/2007; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México); 5/24/2002; 700+ words
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PR Newswire; 6/2/2003; 687 words
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PR Newswire; 3/10/2004; 700+ words
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Elba Buhn Stoa, 97, dies; was storyteller at Wayzata school.(NEWS)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 1/30/1998; ; 582 words
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stoa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
stoa , in ancient Greek architecture, an extended...the row of columns along the front. Later stoas were often immense, running to two stories...city and were used for public meetings. The Stoa Poecile on the north side of the agora of Athens...
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Stoa, the
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Stoa, the the great hall in Athens in which the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno of Citium gave the founding lectures of the philosophic school of Stoicism . Also known as the Porch .
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Chrysippus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...right. In 232 B.C. he succeeded Cleanthes as head of the Stoa and retained the chair till his death. Chrysippus's numerous...antiquity that "but for Chrysippus there would have been no Stoa." A cardinal point of his system, indeed the one which underpinned...
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Zeno of Citium
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...called Zenonians, but the name Stoics, which derived from the Stoa Poikile where Zeno taught, proved more popular. He was greatly...of all possible worlds. Zeno's successors as leaders of the Stoa were Cleanthes, Chrysippus, Zeno of Tarsus, Diogenes the Babylonian...
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porch
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...serving as a vestibule. 3. Transept or side- chapel in a church. 4. Cloister , colonnade , Galilee , narthex , portico , stoa , or verandah (all with columns). A columned porch or portico usually has a pediment and resembles a temple-front .
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